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C1867
Map of Port Jackson and City of Sydney Shewing the adjacent Municipalities, N.S.W. 1867
Mapmaker:
Rare, detailed map of Sydney by James A.C. Willis of 309 Upper Dowling Street, Darlinghurst and lithographed by J. Starkey. The map is respectfully dedicated to W.R. Davidson Esq. Surveyor General of New South Wales by his obedient servants, the … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Map of Port Jackson and City of Sydney Shewing the adjacent Municipalities, N.S.W. 1867
Date:
C1867
Mapmaker:
Engraver:
J. Sharkey
Condition:
In good condition, with folds as issued. Laid on archival linen.
Technique:
Lithograph printed in colour.
Image Size:
547mm
x 662mm
Paper Size:
556mm
x 673mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1867
Description:
Rare, detailed map of Sydney by James A.C. Willis of 309 Upper Dowling Street, Darlinghurst and lithographed by J. Starkey.
The map is respectfully dedicated to W.R. Davidson Esq. Surveyor General of New South Wales by his obedient servants, the Publishers”.
James A. C. Willis (1848 - 1896)
Sketcher and surveyor, who seems to have arrived from Devon. He took drawing lessons from Conrad Martens in 1848. In 1853 Willis was employed as a surveyor in the Surveyor-General's Office. He was elected an office of the New South Wales Academy of Art in 1871. Willis's panoramic drawings in which 'every prominent point and height and depth was determined by the theodolite'.
