View of part of the river of Sydney, in New South Wales. Taken from St. Phillip's church yard.

Artist: UNKNOWN ENGRAVER, | Title: View of part of the river of Sydney, in New South Wales. Taken from St. Phillip's church yard. | Date: 1813 | Technique: etching and engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
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Primary Artist

UNKNOWN ENGRAVER,

Title

View of part of the river of Sydney, in New South Wales. Taken from St. Phillip's church yard.

Date made

1813

Place made

Warrane / Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map

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Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 596a

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

printed lower centre below image in black ink, 'View of part of the RIVER of SYDNEY, in New South Wales. / Taken from St. Phillip's. Church Yard. / Dedicated to his Excellency Lachlan Macquarie. Esq. Govenor [sic] of New South Wales. &c.&c.&c. / Published June 4th 1813. by A. West Sydney.'.

Matrix size

23.4 x 34.8 cm (printed image)

Edition information

print-run unknown

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales

Legacy id

144100

Creators

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

UNKNOWN ENGRAVER, | | artist

UNKNOWN ARTIST, | | artist

Last Updated

19 Jan 2026

Impressions

Artist: UNKNOWN ENGRAVER, | Title: View of part of the river of Sydney, in New South Wales. Taken from St. Phillip's church yard. | Date: 1813 | Technique: etching and engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
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Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 2005.291.18

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

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