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C1821
Sydney. from the North Shore New South Wales.
Important and rare early c.19th engraved view of Sydney taken from the North Shore by Captain James Wallis (1785-1858). The new two-storeyed military hospital and the tall smock-mill to the right balance the new Rum Hospital and Palmer’s Mill to … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Sydney. from the North Shore New South Wales.
Date:
C1821
Condition:
In good condition, with centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
463mm
x 312mm
Paper Size:
631mm
x 453mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1821
Description:
Important and rare early c.19th engraved view of Sydney taken from the North Shore by Captain James Wallis (1785-1858). The new two-storeyed military hospital and the tall smock-mill to the right balance the new Rum Hospital and Palmer’s Mill to the left. McCormick
Wallis was sent out with the 46th Regiment to relieve the 73rd, Macquarie’s regiment. Aboard the same ship was Jose[h Lycett artist, sentenced to fourteen years for forgery. They reached Sydney in February 1814 where Wallis was stationed until June 1816.
From: Wallis, J. 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:
Wantrup, J. Australian Rare Books. Sydney 1987 :: 288.
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 :: 842.
McCormick, T. First Views of Australia 1788-1825. Sydney 1987 :: 145, 148 - 151, and pp. 309.
Hunt, S. & Davidson, G. Sydney Views 1788-1888: from the BEAT KNOBLAUCH collection. Sydney 2007 :: : 77, ill. p.110.
Collections:
British Museum London: Registration number 1873,0809.1419-1431
Museums of History NSW / Caroline Simpson: Record number: 54147
National Gallery Victoria: Accession Number 2010.322
National Gallery Australia: LEGACY ID 145180
Wantrup, J. Australian Rare Books. Sydney 1987 :: 288.
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 :: 842.
McCormick, T. First Views of Australia 1788-1825. Sydney 1987 :: 145, 148 - 151, and pp. 309.
Hunt, S. & Davidson, G. Sydney Views 1788-1888: from the BEAT KNOBLAUCH collection. Sydney 2007 :: : 77, ill. p.110.
Collections:
British Museum London: Registration number 1873,0809.1419-1431
Museums of History NSW / Caroline Simpson: Record number: 54147
National Gallery Victoria: Accession Number 2010.322
National Gallery Australia: LEGACY ID 145180
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.
