Title

Hobart Town on the River Derwent, Van Diemen's Land

Date made

1830

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching and aquatint, printed in black ink, from one plate; hand-coloured

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower centre below image within plate-mark in black ink, 'HOBART TOWN, ON THE RIVER DERWENT, VAN DIEMENS LAND.' Printed at intervals lower left to lower right below image within plate-mark in black ink, 'Painted by W.J. Huggins.'; 'Battery.'; 'Custom House.'; 'Macquary [sic.] Hotel.'; 'Derwent Bank.'; 'Petchey's Tavern.'; 'Jail.'; 'Church and Court House.'; 'Governors House.'; 'Commissariat Stores.'; 'Australian Co.'; 'A.F. Kemp.'; 'W. Walkinshaw.'; 'W. Bunster.'; 'W.A. Bethune.' Printed signature lower right below image within plate-mark in black ink, 'Engd,, by E. Duncan.' Printed lower centre below image within plate-mark in black ink, 'London, Pubd,, Feby,, 1830, by W.J. Huggins, 105, Ledenhall Street.'

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, Tasmania

Legacy id

203896

Last Updated

09 Jan 2013