View of part of Sydney, the capital of New South Wales. Taken from Dawes's Point.

Title: View of part of Sydney, the capital of New South Wales. Taken from Dawes's Point. | Date: 1812 | Technique: engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
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Title

View of part of Sydney, the capital of New South Wales. Taken from Dawes's Point.

Source

Views in New South Wales. Sydney: West, 1813.

Page or Plate number

plate 10

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 570a

Date made

1812

Place made

Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney 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

29.0 x 43.0 cm (printed image)

Support

white wove paper

Support size

22.6 x 36.2 cm (sheet)

State

1st state

Impression

proof

Edition information

print run unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed printed lower left below image in black ink, 'Drawn by J Eyres'. Signed printed lower right below image in black ink, 'By W. Preston'. Signed and dated printed lower centre below image in black ink 'Published Novr 30th 1812 by A. West Sydney'. Titled printed lower centre below image in black ink, 'View of PART of SYDNEY, the CAPITAL of New South Wales./ Taken from Dawes's Point/ Dedicated to his Excellency Lachlan Macquarie. Esq re Governor of New South Wales etc etc etc.' Inscribed upper left above image in black ink 'No.10'.

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed verso on upper edge in brush and ink, 'Unfinished proof'. Inscribed verso centre in brush and ink, 'Unfinished proof'.

Subject description

View of Sydney Cove from Dawes's Point looking east with new Rum Hospital still under construction on the skyline to the left.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

179617

Accession number

94.1141

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 1, 1994/95 (1994-08-24)

Credit line

Purchased 1994

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales

Country of context

Australia

Notes

Unfinished proof. In the finished plate, the ruin hospital is shown with and additional storey. Fist views Jim Kerr (Design for Convicts p.35) states that the foundation stone for the ruin hospital was laid in October 1811. Patients were first admitted in March 1816. "Unfinished Proof" in same hand

Creators

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

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

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