Title

The picture of Sydney and strangers' guide to New South Wales

Physical description

small octavo, with folding map, and 43 engravings on 31 separate plates in the original embossed cloth, rebacked with orginal spine retained

Source

'The picture of Sydney; and strangers' guide to New South Wales, for 1839'. Sydney: J. Maclehose, 1839.

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),

Date made

1839

Place made

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

Category

Illustrated book

Print type

intaglio

Technique

engravings, printed in black ink, from multiple plates

Support

thin wove paper

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

second edition

Production notes

First edition published in 1838, second edition published in 1839.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

193947

Accession number

2009.1108.1-44

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 3, 2009/2010 (2009-12-08)

Provenance

Brown Library, sold by H.A. Evans & Son, Melbourne, 1966 [Davidson]. Collection of Rodney Davidson, his bookplate on front pastedown. The Davidson collection, second sale, Mel;bourne: Australian Book Auctions, 27 February 2006, lot 300. Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Hordern House, Sydney, 2009.

Credit line

Purchased 2009

Subject categories

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

Creators

Maclehose, James. | (1832–) Australian | Scottish | Male | publisher

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

Wilson, William. | (1795–1867) Australian | British | Male | engraver

Moffitt, William. | (1802–1873) Australian | English | Male | engraver

Clayton, Robert. | (1793–1852) Australian | Irish | Male | engraver

Last Updated

21 Jun 2026