View of part of the town of Parramatta in New South Wales. Taken from the north side of the river.
Title
View of part of the town of Parramatta in New South Wales. Taken from the north side of the river.
Other titles
Second part view of the town of Parramatta, taken from the north side of the river
Source
Views in New South Wales. First series. Sydney: West, 1813
Page or Plate number
plate 12
Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 570a
Date made
1812
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
Matrix size
22.1 x 35.7 cm (printed image)
Support
paper
Support size
32.2 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
Inscribed printed, lower centre below image, in black ink, 'View of PART of the TOWN of PARRAMATTA, in New South Wales, Taken from the North Side of the River. / Dedicated to his Excellency Lachlan Macquarie, Esq: Governor of New South Wales &c.&c.&c./ Published Nov 30th 1812 by A. West, Sydney. ' Signed printed in lower left below image black ink, 'Drawn by J. Eyre'. Signed printed lower right below image in black ink, 'Engraved by P. Slaeger.'. Printed, upper left above image, in black ink, 'No. 12.'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
144093
Accession number
2005.291.12
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
Eyre, John. | (1771–1812) English | Male | print after
West, Absalom. | (1795–) Australian | English | Male | publisher
Slager, Philip. | (1755–1815) Australian | English | Male | engraver
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013