Hobart Town.

Primary Artist

Samuel Davenport (1783–1867)

Title

Hobart Town.

Date made

1835

Place made

London, Greater London, England View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

steel-engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Text printed from matrix

printed lower right below image, 'S. Davenport. Sculp.'.
printed lower centre below image, 'HOBART TOWN'.

Edition information

print-run unknown

Production notes

This steel engraving is a reduced copy of the Huggins aquatint. It was published in one of the editions of Christopher Kelly, 'An Authentic History and Entertaining Description of the World and its Inhabitants...', London 1835 or perhaps the 1842 edition where the imprint, 'London. Published By Thomas Kelly, 17, Paternoster Row. 1835.'. does not appear

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, Tasmania

Subject description

View of the town of Hobart, Tasmania, from across the Derwent River.

Legacy id

205879

Creators

Davenport, Samuel. | (1783–1867) English | Male | engraver

Last Updated

02 Jun 2026

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 2011.69

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

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