The pass at Mount Victoria on the Bathurst Road.
Primary Artist
John Carmichael (1811–1857)
Title
The pass at Mount Victoria on the Bathurst Road.
Source
From James Maclehose. The picture of Sydney; and strangers' guide in New South Wales, for 1838. Sydney: Maclehose, 1838
Page or Plate number
pl. 40, p.172b
Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 2795
Date made
1838 – 1838-39
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
Matrix size
8.0 x 15.0 cm (printed image)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
11.0 x 18.4 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Subject description
This view shows the road to Bathurst constructed across Mount Victoria. Mount Victoria is situated near Mount York, New South Wales, on the site of a camp established by Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson, on their first crossing of the Blue Mountains.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
91567
Accession number
89.68
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 5, 1988/89 (1989-02-09)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, 1989.
Credit line
Purchased from Gallery admission charges 1989
Subject category
Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Carmichael, John. | (1811–1857) Australian | Scottish | Male | artist
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013