Title

View of the Town of Sydney, the capital of New South Wales. Taken from Dawes's Point.

Date made

1812

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 570a

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

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

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower right below image in black ink, 'Engraved by W Presston [Sic]'. Printed lower left below image in black ink, 'Drawn by J.Eyers.[Sic]'. Printed lower centre below image in black ink, 'Published Novr: 30Th: 1812, by A West, Sydney.'. Printed lower centre below image in black ink, 'View of PART of SYDNEY, the CAPITAL of New South Wales. / taken from Dawe's Point. / Dedicated to his Excellency Lachlan Macquarie, Esq. Governor of Nw South Wales. &c. &c. &c.'. Printed upper left above image in black ink, 'No.9'.

Matrix size

22.8 x 42.5 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales

Legacy id

144090

Creators

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

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

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