Title

A view of Dawe's Battery at the entrance of Sydney Cove. 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, 'A View of Dawe's Battery at the Entrance of Sydney Cove. / New South Wales. / Engraved by W. Preston from an Original Drawing by Cap_t Wallis. 46th Reg_t / London Pub_d Sept_r 1. 1820 at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand'..

Matrix size

13.9 x 21.5 cm (printed image)

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales

Legacy id

163831

Creators

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

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

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013