A native camp near Cockle Bay, New South Wales, with a View of Parramatta River. Taken from Dawes's Point.
Primary Artist
Philip Slager (1755–1815)
Title
Source
Views in New South Wales. Sydney: West, 1813
Page or Plate number
plate 8
Work number
A.NSW.1812.11.30
Date made
30 November 1812 (imprint)
Place made
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
engraving and etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
Matrix size
22.9 x 36.7 cm (printed image)
Support
paper
Support size
31.0 x 45.0 cm. approximately
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Collection
Private collection
Accession number
Hordern House 4504652
Provenance
Owen Esmond Friend
Exhibited Royal Australian Historical Society, Exhibition of Pictures of Early Sydney, History House March 18-April 9, 1943, no.36.
thence by descent.
With Theodore Bruce Auctioneers & Valuers, 9 April 2017, lot 10.
With Hordern House, Sydney, 2024.
Subject categories
Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales | Aboriginal Australians
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Slager, Philip. | (1755–1815) Australian | English | German | Male | engraver
Eyre, John. | (1771–1812) English | Male | print after
West, Absalom. | (1795–) Australian | English | Male | publisher
Last Updated
12 Jul 2025