View of the Settlement on Sydney Cove, Port Jackson 20th August 1788.

Primary Artist

Edward Dayes (1763–1804)

Title

View of the Settlement on Sydney Cove, Port Jackson 20th August 1788.

Source

An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island, by John Hunter. London: John Stockdale, 1773. (opposite p.77)

Date made

17 October 1792 (imprint)

Place made

London, England View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Text printed from matrix

printed centre below image, 'Drawn by E. Dayes from a Sketch of J. Hunter / VIEW of the SETTLEMENT on SYDNEY COVE, PORT JACKSON 20th AUGUST, 1788. / Publish'd Octr. 18 1792 by I. Stockdale, Picadilly.'.

Matrix size

16.0 x 23.0 plate-mark

Support

paper

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Hunter, John. | (1737–1821) Scottish | Male | author

Stockdale, John. | (1750–1814) English | Male | publisher

Dayes, Edward. | (1763–1804) English | Male | artist

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

Last Updated

02 Sep 2025