View of part of Sydney, the capital of New South Wales. Taken from Bene Long's Point.

Artist: b'Preston, Walter.' | Title: bView of part of Sydney, the capital of New South Wales. Taken from Bene Long's Point. | Date: 30 November 1812 (published) | Technique: b'etching and engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate'
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Primary Artist

Walter Preston (1787–1821)

Title

View of part of Sydney, the capital of New South Wales. Taken from Bene Long's Point.

Date made

30 November 1812 (published)

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 570a

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Matrix size

22.3 x 37.0 cm (printed image)

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

144085

Creators

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

West, Absalom. | (1795–) Australian | English | Male | publisher

Eyre, John. | (1771–1812) English | Male | print after

Last Updated

13 Nov 2024

Impressions

Artist: b'Preston, Walter.' | Title: bView of part of Sydney, the capital of New South Wales. Taken from Bene Long's Point. | Date: 30 November 1812 (published) | Technique: b'etching and engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate'
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 2005.291.4

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

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Collection

Private collection

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression, with later hand-colouring

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