A View in Western Australia, taken from a hill, the intended site of a Fort, on the left bank of the Swan River, a mile and a quarter from its mouth.

Title: b'A View in Western Australia, taken from a hill, the intended site of a Fort, on the left bank of the Swan River, a mile and a quarter from its mouth.' | Date: 1830 | Technique: b'lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone'
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Title

A View in Western Australia, taken from a hill, the intended site of a Fort, on the left bank of the Swan River, a mile and a quarter from its mouth.

Source

Foreign Literary Gazette, London, no.12, 24 March 1830

Page or Plate number

presentation print

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),

Date made

1830

Place made

Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone

Support

white paper

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Production notes

The work was folded so it could be presented in the Foreign Literary Gazette.

Subject description

One of the earliest views of the site for Fremantle. The print shows the intended site of the fort (The Round House), Garden Island , Carnac Island and the mouth of the Swan River.

IRN

204630

Accession number

2010.1036

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, Western Australia | Collection: The Wordsworth collection of Western Australian colonial art, acquired 2010.

Last Updated

09 Jan 2013