Primary Artist

Joseph Lycett (1775–1828)

Title

Ram Head Point, Port Davey, Van Diemen's Land.

Source

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

Page or Plate number

no.37.

Reference

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

Date made

1824

Place made

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

Category

Illustrated book

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Matrix size

17.3 x 27.1 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 headlands of Port Davey, south-western Tasmania.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

34549

Accession number

84.125.39

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.

Credit line

Founding Donor's Fund 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