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C1821
A View of the Cove and Part of Sydney, New South Wales.
Artist:
Capt. James Wallis (1785 - 1858)
A large and impressive early view of Sydney Cove taken from the battery at Dawes Point looking east. Robert Campbell’s substantial stone warehouse and cottage are featured in the centre of the image, while on the opposite shore are four … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
A View of the Cove and Part of Sydney, New South Wales.
Date:
C1821
Artist:
Capt. James Wallis (1785 - 1858)
Engraver:
Walter Preston
(1777 –
?)
Condition:
In good condition, centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Copper engraving hand coloured
Image Size:
603mm
x 413mm
Frame Size:
890mm
x 710mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1821
Description:
A large and impressive early view of Sydney Cove taken from the battery at Dawes Point looking east. Robert Campbell’s substantial stone warehouse and cottage are featured in the centre of the image, while on the opposite shore are four windmills positioned behind the first Government House. At the lower right corner the artist is seated on a rock with sketch pad on his knee. An important engraving of Macquarie’s Sydney. Rare.
From Wallis, Historical Account of the Colony of NSW‘.
Biography:
Walter Preston (1777-?)
Preston was an engraver sentenced to death for highway robbery and transported to the penal settlement of Newcastle for fourteen years in 1814 under the command of Captain Wallis. He engraved twelve views of NSW for Wallis and when these were subsequently published they were attributed not to Preston but Wallis.
Very rare and important copper engraving from Historical Account of the Colony of NSW.
