C1824

View of the Heads, at the entrance to Port Jackson. New South Wales.

Famous aquatint by the convicted forger, Joseph Lycett, looking towards the Heads and overlooking Watsons Bay, with the Pilot’s House and a group of Cadigall aborigines in the foreground. To the right can be seen the signal station that was … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

View of the Heads, at the entrance to Port Jackson. New South Wales.

Date:

C1824

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Hand coloured aquatint

Image Size: 

270mm 
x 170mm
AUTHENTICITY
View of the Heads, at the entrance to Port Jackson. New South Wales. - Antique View from 1824

Genuine antique
dated:

1824

Description:

Famous aquatint by the convicted forger, Joseph Lycett, looking towards the Heads and overlooking Watsons Bay, with the Pilot’s House and a group of Cadigall aborigines in the foreground. To the right can be seen the signal station that was used to communicate directly with Fort Phillip and to alert ships in 1790 coming into the harbour. 

Rare.

Ref: Sydney Views 1788-1888 Knoblauch Collection

Joseph Lycett (1777 - 1828)

Painter & forger convicted in 1811 & transported to Botany Bay. On arrival he was given his ticket of leave but soon was reconvicted for forgery and sent to the penal settlement of Newcastle. Again in 1821 he received a pardon and returned to England armed with a portfolio of colonial views. In 1824 John published “Views in Australia” dedicated to the Earl of Bathurst. Lycett is acknowledged as being one the most important colonial artists to record the progress of the colony.

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