Mount Victoria in its original state.

Primary Artist

John Carmichael (1811–1857)

Title

Mount Victoria in its original state.

Source

From Picture of Sydney; and strangers' guide in New South Wales in 1838. Sydney: J. Maclehose, 1839.

Page or Plate number

pl. 39, facing p.172

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 2795

Date made

1833

Date details

1839 (published)

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Matrix size

7.8 x 14.8 cm (printed image)

Support

cream wove paper

Support size

11.0 x 18.4 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject description

This view shows the rough terrain of Mount Victoria before a road was constructed. Mount Victoria is situated near Mount York, New South Wales, on the site of a camp established by Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson, on their first crossing of the Blue Mountains.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

91562

Accession number

89.67

Accession method

Curator's allowance

Meeting

Meeting 5, 1988/89 (1989-02-09)

Provenance

Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, 1989.

Credit line

Purchased from Gallery admission charges 1989

Subject categories

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

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Carmichael, John. | (1811–1857) Australian | Scottish | Male | artist

Last Updated

07 Jan 2013