Primary Artist

Joseph Lycett (1775–1828)

Title

View of Captain Piper's Naval Villa, at Eliza Point near Sydney, New South Wales.

Source

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

Page or Plate number

no.6.

Reference

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

Date made

1825

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

17.7 x 27.6 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 showing Henrietta Villa at Eliza Point (now Point Piper) on Sydney Harbour, the Regency-style residence of Captain John Piper.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

34517

Accession number

84.125.7

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.

Subject categories

Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book | Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales | Architecture

Country of context

Australia

Creators

LYCETT, Joseph | (1775–1828) Australian | English | Male | artist