A view of Hawkesbury and the Blue Mountains. New South Wales.

Title

A view of Hawkesbury and the Blue Mountains. New South Wales.

Date made

1817 – 1817-1819

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 842

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower centre below image, 'Engraved by W. Preston from an Original Drawing by Cap_t Wallis. 46th Reg_t.' Printed title lower centre below image, 'A View of Hawkesbury and the Blue Mountains / New South Wales.' Printed lower centre below image, 'London Pub_d Sept_r 1. 1820 at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand'

Matrix size

32.5 x 54.3 cm (printed image)

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales

Subject description

View of the Hawkesbury river with a group of Aboriginals in the foregrounds, some settler dwellings on either side and the Blue Mountains in the distance.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

58897

Creators

Wallis, James. | (1785–1858) Irish | Male | print after

Preston, Walter. | (1787–1821) Australian | English | Male | engraver

Ackermann, Rudolph. | (1764–1834) English | Male | publishers

Last Updated

16 Feb 2024

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 86.2142

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

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Collection

State Library of New South Wales | PXD 373/1

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