Coming to an anchor off Sydney Cove.

Primary Artist

Augustus Earle (1793–1838)

Title

Coming to an anchor off Sydney Cove.

Other titles

Coming to an anchor off Sydney Cove

Source

Views in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. Australian Scrap Book London: Charles Hullmandel, 1830

Page or Plate number

part 1, plate 3

Date made

10 August 1830 (imprint)

Place made

London, Greater London, England View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone

Matrix size

20.8 x 28.6 cm (printed image (trimmed))

Support

paper

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown. The series was published both uncoloured (NGV) and coloured (NGA)

Subject description

Harbour scene of sailing ships in Port Jackson with Fort Macquarie at left and Dawes Battery on Observatory Hill at centre, Sydney, N.S.W.

Collection

National Gallery of Victoria

Accession number

2016.403

Credit line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased NGV Foundation Patrons, 2016

Web address

https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/122015/

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Hullmandel, Charles Joseph | (1789–1850) English | Male | printer

Earle, Augustus. | (1793–1838) English | Male | artist

Cross, Joseph. | (1791–1843) English | Male | publisher

Last Updated

31 Jan 2026