A View in Western Australia, taken from a hill, the intended site of a Fort, on the left bank of the Swan River, a mile and a quarter from its mouth.

Title

A View in Western Australia, taken from a hill, the intended site of a Fort, on the left bank of the Swan River, a mile and a quarter from its mouth.

Date made

1830

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),

Category

Print

Print type

planographic

Technique

lithograph, printed in black ink, from one stone

Text printed from matrix

Printed above image in black ink, 'For the Foreign Literary Gazette, No 12, March 24, 1830'. Printed lower centre below image in black ink, 'A View in Western Australia, taken from a hill, the intended site of a Fort, on the left bank of the Swan River, a mile and a quarter from its mouth. The objects are, on the left, in the distance, Garden Island; that on the/ right of it Pulo Carnac; between the two is the only known entrance for shipping, into Cockburn Sound, which lies between Garden Island and the main land; the Anchorage being off the Island. On the right is the/ mouth of the Swan River. on the left, a temporary mud work, overlooking a small bay where the troops disembarked. In the foreground is a Road leading to the intended Fort & Cantonment on the River. / Engelmann Graf. Coinde & Co lith'.

Edition information

print run unknown

Production notes

The work was folded so it could be presented in the Foreign Literary Gazette.

Subject categories

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

Subject description

One of the earliest views of the site for Fremantle. The print shows the intended site of the fort (The Round House), Garden Island , Carnac Island and the mouth of the Swan River.

Legacy id

204630

Impressions

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

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