Lake Patterson, near Patterson’s Plains. Hunter River. New South Wales. sic

Rare c.19th aquatint of Lake Paterson on the Hunter River, New South Wales by the convict, art forger Joseph Lycett.

Paterson is a small township in the lower Hunter Region on the Paterson River. It was named after Colonel William Paterson who surveyed the area in 1801 and by 1812 settlement of the area had begun. Governor Macquarie had permitted three convicts to farm on the “Patersons Plains” at a location that came to be known as Old Banks, on the basis that the settlers supplied the Government with 500 cedar logs.

From Lycett, J. Views in Australia, or, New South Wales & Van Diemen’s Land delineated.. London.

References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 974.
Abbey, J.R. Travel in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860. London 1972 570.
Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790 to 1860. Folkstone 1973 310.
Wantrup, J. Australian Rare Books. Sydney 1987 218b.

Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 8037393, 8043694
State Library South Australia: 994T L981
National Gallery Australia: 35745
University Library Melbourne: 919.44042 LYCE
National Gallery Victoria: Accession Number 2008.251, 2011.363
State Library Victoria: RARELTEF 919.402 L 98 V
British Museum London: 1917,1208.25.1-50
State Library New South Wales: MRB/F980.1/L