Port Jackson Harbour, in New South Wales: with a distant view of the Blue Mountains. Taken from South Head.
Primary Artist
Walter Preston (1787–1821)
Title
Source
Views in New South Wales. Sydney: West, 1813
Page or Plate number
plate 2
Work number
ANSW.1812.11.30
Date made
30 November 1812 (imprint)
Place made
Warrane / Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate; hand-coloured (at a later date)
Matrix size
22.2 x 37.9 cm (printed image)
Support
paper
Support size
30.7 × 45.5 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression
Edition information
print run unknown
Collection
National Gallery of Victoria
Accession number
2004.262
Credit line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne The Joseph Brown Collection. Presented through the NGV Foundation by Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE, Honorary Life Benefactor, 2004
Subject category
Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales
Creators
Eyre, John. | (1771–1812) English | Male | print after
West, Absalom. | (1795–) Australian | English | Male | publisher
Preston, Walter. | (1787–1821) Australian | English | Male | engraver
Last Updated
14 May 2026