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C1803
Sydney
Artist:
Vincent Woodthorpe (1764 - 1822)
Early view of Sydney taken from the northern end of George Street, with Sydney Cove (Circular Quay) at the left edge of the print. A bullock wagon is pulling a felled tree in front of a group of wattle and … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Sydney
Date:
C1803
Artist:
Vincent Woodthorpe (1764 - 1822)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
147mm
x 95mm
Paper Size:
195mm
x 120mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1803
Description:
Early view of Sydney taken from the northern end of George Street, with Sydney Cove (Circular Quay) at the left edge of the print. A bullock wagon is pulling a felled tree in front of a group of wattle and daub huts.
Artist:
Vincent Woodthorpe (1764?-1822)
Print and map engraver and copperplate printer, born in Stepney in about 1764, the son of Vincent Woodthorpe, a victualler, and his wife Elizabeth Waterhouse, who had married in 1763. Apprenticed (Tinplate Workers) to Garnet Terry 8 Jan 1778. He had premises at 27 Fetter Lane, London 1796-1809 and 29 Fetter Lane, London 1800-1822. Woodthorpe engraved a number of the illustrations for Barringtons account of the colony of New South Wales, the subjects were based on earlier issued engravings in first fleet journals.
