Hobart Town.

Title

Hobart Town.

Date made

1835

Date details

Printed lower centre below image, 'HOBART TOWN'.
Printed lower right below image, 'S. Davenport. Sculp.'.

Place made

London, England View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

steel-engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Support

medium-weight smooth off-white wove paper

Support size

21.0 x 26.8 cm

Manufacturers mark

no manufacturer's mark

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Production notes

This steel engraving is a reduced copy of the Huggins aquatint. It was published in was published in one of the editions of Christopher Kelly, 'An Authentic History and Entertaining Description of the World and its Inhabitants...', London 1835 or perhaps the 1842 edition where 'London. Published By Thomas Kelly, 17, Paternoster Row. 1835.'. does not appear

Inscriptions or device subsequently added to the work

Inscribed lower right corner of sheet in black pencil, 'P 45'.

Subject description

View of the town of Hobart, Tasmania, from across the Derwent River.

IRN

205879

Accession number

2011.69

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 4, 2010/2011 (2011-02-22)

Provenance

Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from Ted and Gina Gregg, Sydney, February 2011.

Credit line

Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg, 2010

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, Tasmania

Last Updated

11 Jul 2025