Primary Artist

Charles Rodius (1802–1860)

Title

Lansdowne Bridge over Prospect Creek near Liverpool.

Source

Date made

January 1836

Place made

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

Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

chalk-lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone

Text printed from matrix

printed lower left within image, 'C.R.'. printed lower left adjacent to image, ‘Drawn from Nature and on Stone by Chas. Rodius.’
printed lower right adjacent to image, ‘I.G. Austin Lithogr. 13. Hunter St. Sydney N.S.W.’.
printed lower centre, 'LANSDOWNE BRIDGE / OVER PROSPECT CREEK NEAR / LIVERPOOL / DESIGNED BY MR. DAVID LENNOX SUPERINTENDANT OF BRIDGES, / BY ORDER OF THE SURVEYOR GENERAL OF NEW. SOUTH. WALES / AND / ERECTED UNDER HIS DIRECTION BY CONVICT LABOUR / AT AN EXPENCE TO THE COLONY OF LITTLE MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND POUNDS. / THE FIRST STONE LAID BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR / ON THE 1ST. DAY OF JANUARY A.D. 1834 / THE BRIDGE OPENED TO THE PUBLIC / ON THE 26TH. DAY OF JANUARY A.D. 1836 / BEING THE 48TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDATION OF THE COLONY. / Height [crossed out and corrected in pencil by 'Span'] of the Arch 110 Ft. Height of the Key stone above Low water mark 30 Ft. ‘ Length of the bridge 190 Ft. Breadth 30 Ft.’.

Support

paper

Support size

28.3 x 22.4 cm (sheet)

State

1st state of 2; published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Production notes

The correct text for the caption was published in The Sydney Herald, 21 January 1836, page 2. Broadside print initially produced as a souvenir for those attending the opening. Issued in more than one edition; a second features a border line but lacks artist and printer credits. [David Hansen, 2023].

Collection

National Library of Australia

Accession number

NK 10672

Provenance

Rex Nan Kivell

Credit line

Rex Nan Kivell Collection, National Library of Australia

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Rodius, Charles. | (1802–1860) Australian | German | Male | artist

Austin, J.G. | (1812–1884) Australian | English | Male | artist

Last Updated

19 Oct 2024