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
1830Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),
Category
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
Last Updated
09 Jan 2013