View of Wilberforce, on the banks of the River Hawkesbury, New South Wales.
Primary Artist
Joseph Lycett (1775–1828)
Title
View of Wilberforce, on the banks of the River Hawkesbury, New South Wales.
Source
Views in Australia or New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land Delineated. London: J. Souter, 1824
Page or Plate number
no.16.
Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 974;1031
Date made
1825
Place made
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Category
Illustrated book
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching and aquatint, printed in black ink, from one copper plate; hand-coloured
Matrix size
17.7 x 27.7 cm (image)
Support
thick wove paper
Support size
25.6 x 36.0 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
edition of 250
Subject description
Landscape around the settlement of Wilberforce, north-west of Sydney, with the York Reach of the Hawkesbury River in the foreground (near the junction of present-day Bardenarang Creek); the town of Windsor at left and the Blue Mountains in the distance.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
34527
Accession number
84.125.17
Accession method
Fund
Meeting
Meeting 6, 1983/84 (1984-02-14)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Timothy and Anne McCormick Antiquarian Booksellers, Sydney 1984.
Subject categories
Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book | Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Lycett, Joseph. | (1775–1828) Australian | English | Male | artist
Last Updated
07 Jan 2013