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

Artist: b'Preston, Walter.' | Title: bView of part of Sydney, the capital of New South Wales. Taken from Dawes's Point. | Date: 30 November 1812 | Technique: b'etching and engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate'
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Primary Artist

Walter Preston (1787–1821)

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

30 November 1812

Place made

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed, lower left below image in black ink, 'Drawn by J.Eyres.[sic]'.
Printed lower right below image in black ink, 'Engraved by W.Presston. [Sic]'.
Printed centre below printed 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, Esp, Governor of New South Wales &c. &c. &c.'.
Printed lower centre below title text in black ink, 'Published Nov.r. 30.th.1812 by A.West. Sydney'.

Matrix size

22.4 x 36.1 cm (printed image)

Support

paper

Support size

31.1 x 45.6 cm (sheet)

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

144091

Accession number

2005.291.10

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

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

Provenance

With Horden House, Sydney. This image was one of fourteen offered as a boxed set in: Governor Lachlan Macquarie. An important collection of rare books, manuscripts and pictorial works focussing on Macquarie's reign as Governor 1810-1822, Sydney: Hordern House, 1996, cat. no. 60. 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

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

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

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

Last Updated

13 Nov 2024