A view of Sydney Cove, New South Wales.

Primary Artist

Francis Jukes (1745–1812)

Title

A view of Sydney Cove, New South Wales.

Date made

10 April 1804 (imprint)

Place made

London, Greater London, England View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

printed lower left below image, 'Drawn by E. Dayes from a Picture painted at the Colony.'.
printed lower right below image, 'Engraved by F. Jukes.'.
printed centre below image, 'A VIEW OF SYDNEY COVE, NEW SOUTH WALES. / From an Original Picture in the possession of Isaac Clementson Esq.'.
printed lower centre below title, 'London Published April 10 1804 by F. Jukes No.10 Howland Street'.

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject categories

Sydney Harbour | Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

27535

Creators

Watling, Thomas. | (1762–1814) Australian | Scottish | Male | print after

Jukes, Francis. | (1745–1812) English | Male | engraver

Dayes, Edward. | (1763–1804) English | Male | print after

Last Updated

19 Jan 2026

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 2000.455

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

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State

1st published state (Howland Street imprint)

Impression

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State

2nd published state (John St Fitzroy Square imprint)

Impression

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