View of the seat of Woolloomoola, near Sydney, in New South Wales.

Title: b'View of the seat of Woolloomoola, near Sydney, in New South Wales.' | Date: 1813 | Technique: b'engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate'
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Title

View of the seat of Woolloomoola, near Sydney, in New South Wales.

Other titles

Woolloomoolla House, near Sydney

Source

Views in New South Wales. Additional series. Sydney: West, 1814

Page or Plate number

plate 13

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 596a

Date made

1813

Place made

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Matrix size

22.6 x 35.8 cm (printed image)

Support

paper

Support size

32.6 x 45.0 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Inscribed printed, lower centre below image, in black ink, 'View of the SEAT of WOOLLOOMOOLA, near SYDNEY in New South Wales. / Dedicated to his Excellency Lachlan Macquarie, Esq. Governor of New South Wales &c.&c.&c. / Published Feb.y 3rd 1813 by A. West, Sydney.' Signed lower left below image, in black ink, 'Drawn by J. Eyre'. Signed lower right below image, in black ink, 'Engraved by Presston.'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

144094

Accession number

2005.291.13

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 6, 2004/2005 (2005-06-22)

Provenance

With Horden House, Sydney. This image was one of fourteen offered as a boxed set in: 'Governor Lachlan Macquarie. An important collection of rare books, manuscripts and pictorial works focussing on Macquarie's reign as Governor 1810-1822', Sydney: Hordern House, 1996, cat. no. 60. Private collection, Sydney. Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Horden House, Sydney, 2005

Credit line

Purchased 2004

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales

Creators

Preston, Walter. | (1787–1821) Australian | English | Male | engraver

West, Absalom. | (1795–) Australian | English | Male | publisher

Eyre, John. | (1771–1812) English | Male | print after

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013