The pass at Mount Victoria on the Bathurst Road.

Primary Artist

John Carmichael (1811–1857)

Title

The pass at Mount Victoria on the Bathurst Road.

Date made

1838 – 1838-39

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 2795

Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower right below image in black ink, 'J.C.Sc [c in superscript]'. No date. Printed lower centre below image in black ink, 'The PASS at MOUNT VICTORIA on the Bathurst Road.'.

Matrix size

8.0 x 15.0 cm (printed image)

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject category

Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales

Subject description

This view shows the road to Bathurst constructed across Mount Victoria. Mount Victoria is situated near Mount York, New South Wales, on the site of a camp established by Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson, on their first crossing of the Blue Mountains.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

91567

Creators

Carmichael, John. | (1811–1857) Australian | Scottish | Male | artist

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 89.68

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

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