Title

View of Hunters River near Newcastle, New South Wales. Taken from Prospect Hill.

Source

Views in New South Wales. Sydney: West, 1813

Page or Plate number

plate 5

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 570a

Date made

1812

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

23.0 x 38.0 cm (printed image)

Support

paper

Support size

31.4 x 45.8 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed lower left below image in black ink, 'Drawn by Ir brown.'. Signed printed lower right below image in black ink,l 'Engraved by Wpresston.(Sic)'. 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 HUNTER'S RIVER, near Newcastle. New South Wales. / Taken from Prospect Hill. / Dedicated to his Excellency Lachlan Macquarie, Esq. Governor of Nw South Wales. &c. &c. &c.'. Inscribed printed upper left above image in black ink, 'No.5'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

144086

Accession number

2005.291.5

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 6, 2004/2005 (2005-06-22)

Provenance

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

Browne, Richard. | (1776–1824) British | Male | print after

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

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