Title

View of part of Sydney, the capital of New South Wales. Taken from Dawes's Point.

Date made

1812

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 570a

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Matrix size

29.0 x 43.0 cm (printed image)

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales

Subject description

View of Sydney Cove from Dawes's Point looking east with new Rum Hospital still under construction on the skyline to the left.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

179617

Creators

Preston, Walter. | (1787–1821) Australian | English | Male | engraver

West, Absalom. | (1795–) Australian | English | Male | publisher

Eyre, John. | (1771–1812) English | Male | print after