Primary Artist

Joseph Lycett (1775–1828)

Title

Distant view of Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, from Blufhead.

Source

Views in Australia or New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land Delineated. London: J. Souter, 1824

Page or Plate number

no.27.

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 974;1031

Date made

1825

Place made

Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map

Category

Illustrated book

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, aquatint and roulette, printed in black ink, from one copper plate; hand-coloured

Matrix size

17.7 x 27.6 cm (image)

Support

thick wove paper

Support size

25.6 x 36.0 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

edition of 250

Subject description

Landscape of Hobart and Mount Wellington looking across the River Derwent from Kangaroo Bluff, Tasmania.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

34539

Accession number

84.125.29

Accession method

Fund

Meeting

Meeting 6, 1983/84 (1984-02-14)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Timothy and Anne McCormick Antiquarian Booksellers, Sydney 1984.

Subject categories

Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book | Australia, Art period: Colonial, Tasmania

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Lycett, Joseph. | (1775–1828) Australian | English | Male | artist

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013