View of Sharks Bay, in New South Wales. Taken from Vinegar Hill.

Primary Artist

Walter Preston (1787–1821)

Title

View of Sharks Bay, in New South Wales. Taken from Vinegar Hill.

Source

Views of New South Wales. Sydney: A. West, 1814

Page or Plate number

plate 16

Date made

30 November 1812 (imprint)

Place made

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

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Matrix size

22.0 x 36.6 cm (printed image)

Support

paper

Support size

27.5 × 40.3 cm. (sheet, irregular)

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Collection

National Gallery of Victoria

Accession number

2010.104

Credit line

National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne Gift of an anonymous donor through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2010

Web address

https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/94896/

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales

Creators

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

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

Eyre, John. | (1771–1812) English | Male | print after

Last Updated

14 May 2026