Title

View of part of the town of Parramatta in New South Wales. Taken from the south side of the river.

Source

Views in New South Wales. Sydney: West, 1814

Page or Plate number

plate 15

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 596a

Date made

1 February 1813 (published)

Place made

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

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Matrix size

21.8 x 35.9 cm (printed image)

Support

paper

Support size

32.2 x 46.4 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

144096

Accession number

2005.291.15

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

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

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

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

Last Updated

13 Nov 2024