Port Jackson, from Dawe's Battery.

Primary Artist

John Skinner Prout (1805–1876)

Title

Port Jackson, from Dawe's Battery.

Other titles

Port Jackson, from Dawes' Battery [list of plates]

Source

Sydney Illustrated. Sydney and Hobart, 1842, 1844

Page or Plate number

plate 4

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 3891

Date made

1842

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print types

planographic | relief

Technique

lithograph, printed in colour, from two stones (black and brown tint stone)

Matrix size

18.8 x 29.0 cm (printed image)

Support

paper

Support size

27.0 x 37.6 cm (sheet)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

Signed and dated lower right within image in black ink, 'J.S. Prout 1842'. Titled lower centre below printed image in letterpress, 'PORT JACKSON/FROM DAWE'S BATTERY.'.

Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production

Inscribed top right corner verso in black pencil, '4'.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

149912

Accession number

2005.1058.13

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 3, 2005/2006 (2005-12-07)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, December 2005.

Credit line

Purchased 2005

Creators

Bluett, Thomas. | (1819–1846) English | Male | printer

PROUT, John Skinner | (1805–1876) Australian | English | Male | artist

Last Updated

07 Jan 2013