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 9

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 570a

Date made

30 November 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

Text printed from matrix

printed upper left above printed image, 'No.9'.
Printed lower right below printed image, 'Presston Sculp' [etched lightly]
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.'. [Text from Dedicated is very lightly etched in]
Printed lower centre below title text in black ink, 'Published Nov.r. 30.th.1812 by A.West. Sydney' [lightly etched].

Matrix size

29.6 x 42.6 cm (plate-mark); 21.8 x 36.2 cm (printed image)

Support

paper

Support size

31.0 x 47.2 cm (sheet)

State

1st state of 2 (etched lettering)

Impression

proof

Edition information

1st state, 1 proof known; 2nd state, edition unknown

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

122441

Accession number

2003.475

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 3, 2003/2004 (2003-12-10)

Provenance

with Hordern House Rare Books, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, by 2003

who sold it to the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, 2003

Credit line

Purchased 2003

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales

Country of context

Australia

Creators

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

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

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

Last Updated

13 Nov 2024