East View of Sydney

Primary Artist

Vincent Woodthorpe (1764–1822)

Title

East View of Sydney

Date made

1802

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 366, 367

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower right 'V. Woodthorpe Sc'. No date. Printed lower centre 'EAST VIEW OF SYDNEY./ Published by M. Jones, Paternoster Row. Feb 5 1803.'.

Matrix size

7.8 x 14.5 cm (printed image)

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales

Subject description

Early view of Sydney with an Aboriginal man and European man in front of houses in the foreground and other village buildings in the background.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

82217

Creators

Jones, M. | (1810–) English | publisher

Woodthorpe, Vincent. | (1764–1822) English | Male | artist

Last Updated

08 Jan 2013

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 71.57

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

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