Title

View of Hunters River near Newcastle, New South Wales. Taken from Prospect Hill.

Source

Views in New South Wales. Sydney: West, 1813

Page or Plate number

plate 5

Date made

30 November 1812 (published)

Place made

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

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed upper left above image in black ink, 'No.5'. Printed lower left below image in black ink, 'Drawn by I R Brown,'. Printed lower right below image in black ink, 'Engraved by W Presston.[Sic]'. Printed lower centre below image in black ink, 'View of HUNTERS RIVER, near Newcastle. New South Wales. / Taken from Prospect Hill. / Dedicated to his Excellency Lachlan Macquarie, Esq. Governor of New South Wales. &c. &c. &c.'. Printed lower centre below text in black ink, 'Published Nov.r.30.th.1812, by A.West, Sydney.'.

Matrix size

23.0 x 38.0 cm (printed image)

Support

paper

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Collection

National Library of Australia

IRN

Bib ID: 511680

Accession number

PIC Drawer 2235 #S1948

Web address

https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-135295695/view

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales

Creators

Browne, Richard. | (1776–1824) British | Male | print after

Preston, Walter. | (1787–1821) Australian | English | Male | engraver

West, Absalom. | (1795–) Australian | English | Male | publisher

Last Updated

13 Nov 2024