Hobart Town from the eastern side of the Derwent.

Primary Artist

Thomas Bock (1790–1855)

Title

Hobart Town from the eastern side of the Derwent.

Date made

1830

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 1366

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower centre below image, 'HOBART TOWN. / FROM THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE DERWENT.'.

Matrix size

6.2 x 10.1 cm (image)

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, Tasmania

Subject description

View of Hobart Town, Van Diemens Land from the eastern side of the Derwent River with sailing boat in foreground and Mount Wellington at right.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

99156

Creators

Bock, Thomas. | (1790–1855) Australian | English | Male | artist

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 85.544

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

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