A view of Hawkesbury and the Blue Mountains. New South Wales.

Title: b'A view of Hawkesbury and the Blue Mountains. New South Wales.' | Date: 1817-1819 | Technique: b'engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate'
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Title

A view of Hawkesbury and the Blue Mountains. New South Wales.

Source

Wallis, James. An historical account of the colony of New South Wales and its dependent settlements. London: R. Ackermann, 1821.

Page or Plate number

plate 1

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 842

Date made

1817 – 1817-1819

Date details

printed London 1821

Place made

AustraliaEurope, AustraliaEngland, New South WalesGreater London, NewcastleLondon 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

32.5 x 54.3 cm (printed image)

Support

paper

Support size

45.3 x 63.3 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject description

View of the Hawkesbury river with a group of Aboriginals in the foregrounds, some settler dwellings on either side and the Blue Mountains in the distance.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

58897

Accession number

86.2142

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 3, 1986/87 (1986-10-14)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, 1986.

Credit line

Purchased from Gallery admission charges 1986

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Wallis, James. | (1785–1858) Irish | Male | print after

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

Ackermann, Rudolph. | (1764–1834) English | Male | publishers

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013