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C1821
Vaucluse Bay. Port Jackson. New South Wales.
Rare early c.19th engraved view of Vaucluse which was named by the Irish convict Sir Henry Browne Hayes who acquired the property in 1803. It later became the residence of William Charles Wentworth. The rocks on the right known as … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Vaucluse Bay. Port Jackson. New South Wales.
Date:
C1821
Engraver:
Walter Preston
(1777 –
?)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
275mm
x 183mm
Paper Size:
468mm
x 335mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1821
Description:
Rare early c.19th engraved view of Vaucluse which was named by the Irish convict Sir Henry Browne Hayes who acquired the property in 1803.
It later became the residence of William Charles Wentworth. The rocks on the right known as Bottle and Glass Point were destroyed in a naval gunnery exercise.
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.
Perry, T. & Prescott, D. A guide to maps of Australia in books published 1780-1830. Canberra 1996 :: 1821.05.
Collections:
British Museum London: Registration number 1873,0809.1419-1431
Museums of History NSW / Caroline Simpson: Record number: 54147
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.
Perry, T. & Prescott, D. A guide to maps of Australia in books published 1780-1830. Canberra 1996 :: 1821.05.
Collections:
British Museum London: Registration number 1873,0809.1419-1431
Museums of History NSW / Caroline Simpson: Record number: 54147
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.
