View of the Swan River, Western Australia (grass trees, black swans, and kangaroos).

Title: b'View of the Swan River, Western Australia (grass trees, black swans, and kangaroos).' | Date: 1880s | Technique: b'engraving, printed in black ink, from one plate; hand-coloured at a later date'
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Title

View of the Swan River, Western Australia (grass trees, black swans, and kangaroos).

Date made

1880 – 1880s

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

engraving, printed in black ink, from one plate; hand-coloured at a later date

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower centre below image in black ink, 'VIEW OF THE SWAN RIVER, WESTERN AUSTRALIA (GRASS-TREES, BLACK SWANS, AND KANGAROOS).'

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject categories

Australia, Art period: Colonial, Western Australia | Collection: The Wordsworth collection of Western Australian colonial art, acquired 2010.

Subject description

The view records the bivouac of Capt. Stirling during March 1827 when he was exploring the Swan river some 50 miles (80.5 km), from the Western Australian coast.

Legacy id

204619

Last Updated

09 Jan 2013

Impressions

Title: b'View of the Swan River, Western Australia (grass trees, black swans, and kangaroos).' | Date: 1880s | Technique: b'engraving, printed in black ink, from one plate; hand-coloured at a later date'
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State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression, with later hand-colouring

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