Primary Artist

Rudolph Ackermann (1764–1834)

Title

Newcastle. Hunter's River. 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, ' NEWCASTLE. / Hunter's River. / New South Wales.'. Printed lower centre below image, Printed lower left below image, 'View from Seven-Mile Hill near Newcastle. N.S.W.' Printed lower centre below image, 'London Pub_d Sept_r 1. 1820 at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand'.

Matrix size

30.3 x 45.3 cm (printed image)

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales

Legacy id

163833

Creators

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

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

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