C1824

Distant View of Sydney, from the Light House at South Head. New South Wales.

Artist:

Joseph Lycett (1777 - 1828)

Picturesque view of Sydney from Watsons Bay with Bradley’s Head to the right and Clark Island at centre. An Eora family group are walking along a trail in the foreground while in the harbour there are four ships in full … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Distant View of Sydney, from the Light House at South Head. New South Wales.

Date:

C1824

Artist:

Joseph Lycett (1777 - 1828)

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Original aquatint with original hand colouring.

Image Size: 

280mm 
x 175mm
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Distant View of Sydney, from the Light House at South Head. New South Wales. - Antique View from 1824

Genuine antique
dated:

1824

Description:

Picturesque view of Sydney from Watsons Bay with Bradley’s Head to the right and Clark Island at centre.

An Eora family group are walking along a trail in the foreground while in the harbour there are four ships in full sail. Sydney is shown with five windmills, the Observatory at Miller’s Point and Fort Macquarie at Bennelong Point. The island that Fort Denison was to be built on, can be seen near present day Circular Quay. This view by Lycett was the perfect pictorial tool that Macquarie used for promoting the colonies advantages to prospective emigrants, its a scene of beauty and abundant vacant land as far as the eye can see. Important and rare image. 

 Ref: Sydney Views 1788-1888 Knoblauch Collection Item 24 Page 50

Artist:

Joseph Lycett  (1777-1828)

Painter & forger convicted in 1811 & transported to Botany Bay.  On arrival he was given his ticket of leave but soon was re-convicted for forgery and sent to the penal settlement of Newcastle. Again in 1821 he received a pardon and returned to England armed with a portfolio of colonial views. In 1824 John published Views in Australia dedicated to the Earl of Bathurst. Lycett is acknowledged as being one the most important colonial artists to record the progress of the colony.

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