Cousin Thomas, or the Swan River job
Title
Cousin Thomas, or the Swan River job
Other titles
Swan River, or The Swan River job
Date made
June 1829 (imprint)
Place made
London, Greater London, England View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate; hand-coloured
Matrix size
34.8 x 25.0 cm (plate-mark)
Support
off-white wove Whatman paper
Manufacturers mark
watermark: right edge, 'MAN / 1829'.
State
Published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print-run unknown
IRN
204622
Accession number
2010.103
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 2, 2010/2011 (2010-10-26)
Provenance
Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Marie Louise Wordsworth, Perth, October 2010.
Credit line
The Wordsworth Collection, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased 2010
Subject categories
Australia, Art period: Colonial, Caricature | Australia, Art period: Colonial, Western Australia
Creators
McLean, Thomas. | (1788–1875) English | Male | publisher
Seymour, Robert. | (1798–1836) English | Male | engraver
Last Updated
20 Jan 2026