Primary Artist

Joseph Lycett (1775–1828)

Title

View of the Heads, at the Entrance to Port Jackson, New South Wales

Date made

1824

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 974;1031

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and aquatint, printed in black ink, from one copper plate; hand- coloured

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower left below image, 'I. Lycett, Delt et Execute.'. Printed lower centre below image, 'VIEW OF THE HEADS, / at the Entrance to Port Jackson. / NEW SOUTH WALES. / London, Published 1825, by J. Souter. 73, St.Pauls Church Yard.'.

Matrix size

23.4 x 32.4 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject categories

Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book | Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales

Subject description

Harbour scene of the Heads, Port Jackson, Sydney, looking north from South Head near the Macquarie Lighthouse. Watsons Bay at left, North Harbour (now Manly Cove) in the middle distance and hills of present-day Bouddi National Park in the distance.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

48041

Creators

LYCETT, Joseph | (1775–1828) Australian | English | Male | artist