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C1803
East View of Sydney.
Artist:
Rare, early c.19th hand coloured engraved view taken from the site of the new Barracks. From Barrington’s, The History of New South Wales… References: Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 : 345 Abbey, J.R. Travel in Aquatint and … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
East View of Sydney.
Date:
C1803
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
145mm
x 77mm
Paper Size:
204mm
x 121mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1803
Description:
Rare, early c.19th hand coloured engraved view taken from the site of the new Barracks.
From Barrington’s, The History of New South Wales…
References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 : 345
Abbey, J.R. Travel in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860. London 1972: 565
Collections: National Library Australia: Bib ID: 531817
State Library New South Wales: Record Identifier 74Vv7J3Nx6BA
State Library Victoria: RARELT 994.402 B27H
Vincent Woodthorpe (1764 - 1822)
English engraver, artist and copperplate printer whose work is chiefly remembered for its role in shaping early European visual impressions of Australia. He was born in Stepney, London, around 1764, the son of a victualler. In 1778 he was apprenticed to a tinplate worker, a trade that likely gave him the technical grounding later useful in engraving and printing. By the 1790s Woodthorpe was established in London as a professional engraver and printer, working mainly from premises in Fetter Lane. He produced maps, views and decorative prints, often hand-coloured, and was active as both engraver and publisher. His most significant work dates from the early years of the nineteenth century, when he engraved a series of plates illustrating New South Wales for publications associated with Georges Barrington. These images included views of Sydney and its surroundings, depictions of Aboriginal people, native animals and colonial life.
Woodthorpe never visited Australia, and his engravings were based on sketches and descriptions supplied by others. As a result, many of his scenes are imaginative or exaggerated rather than strictly accurate. Despite this, they were among the earliest widely circulated images of the Australian colony and played an important role in shaping how Britain and Europe imagined the new settlement.
Vincent Woodthorpe died in London on 22 September 1822.
