Title

Canal aux Cygnes Noirs dans l'Isle Rottenest Swarte Swaane drift op't Eiland Rottenest [Black Swan River, Rottnest Island]

Date made

1750

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Matrix size

21.0 x 15.0 (plate-mark, trimmed within on left as usual)

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

View of the Swan River, Western Australia showing the coast at New Holland near Perth and Rottnest Island. In 1696, Willem de Vlamingh on his voyage to Batavia, anchored his two ships before setting off in two longboats to survey the coast. Black swans feature in this image.

Legacy id

204603

Last Updated

02 Sep 2025