Primary Artist

Joseph Lycett (1775–1828)

Title

Mount Dromedary, Van Dieman's Land.

Date made

1825

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 974;1031

Category

Illustrated book

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, aquatint and roulette, printed in black ink, from one copper plate; hand-coloured

Text printed from matrix

Printed lower left below image, 'I Lycett, Delt et Execute.'. Printed lower centre below image, 'MOUNT DROMEDARY, Van Diemen's Land. / London, Published 1825, by J. Souter. 73, St.Pauls Church Yard.'.

Matrix size

17.8 x 27.4 cm (image)

Edition information

edition of 250

Subject categories

Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book | Australia, Art period: Colonial, Tasmania

Subject description

Landscape of Mount Dromedary, north-west of Hobart, Tasmania, viewed from present-day Green Point where the Jordan River flows into the River Derwent.

Country of context

Australia

Legacy id

34545

Creators

LYCETT, Joseph | (1775–1828) Australian | English | Male | artist