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C1820
Sydney from Bennelongs Point New South Wales.
Important early c.19th large engraved view of Sydney Cove (Circular Quay) by the convict artist Walter Preston (1777-?). From Wallis’s, An Historical Account of The Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements; in Illustration of Twelve Views, Engraved … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Sydney from Bennelongs Point New South Wales.
Date:
C1820
Engraver:
( –
Condition:
In good condition, with centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
455mm
x 305mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1820
Description:
Important early c.19th large engraved view of Sydney Cove (Circular Quay) by the convict artist Walter Preston (1777-?).
From Wallis’s, An Historical Account of The Colony of New South Wales and its Dependent Settlements; in Illustration of Twelve Views, Engraved By W. Preston, a Convict, from Drawings Taken on the Spot
References:
McCormick, T. First Views of Australia 1788-1825. Sydney 1987: 149.
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976: 842.
Wantrup, J. Australian Rare Books. Sydney 1987: 217B / pp.285-289.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 2997328
Australian National Maritime Museum: Object No.97/212/1
British Museum London: 1873,0809.1419-1431
McCormick, T. First Views of Australia 1788-1825. Sydney 1987: 149.
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976: 842.
Wantrup, J. Australian Rare Books. Sydney 1987: 217B / pp.285-289.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 2997328
Australian National Maritime Museum: Object No.97/212/1
British Museum London: 1873,0809.1419-1431
James Wallis (1784 - 1825)
Wallis was an engraver, bookseller, printer, stationer and publisher. Wallis was born at Southampton and apprenticed 7 May 1799 to John Roper. Little else is known.
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Walter Preston (1777 - )
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.
