Mount Victoria in its original state.
Primary Artist
John Carmichael (1811–1857)
Title
Mount Victoria in its original state.
Source
From Picture of Sydney; and strangers' guide in New South Wales in 1838. Sydney: J. Maclehose, 1839.
Page or Plate number
pl. 39, facing p.172
Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 2795
Date made
1833
Date details
1839 (published)
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
Matrix size
7.8 x 14.8 cm (printed image)
Support
cream wove paper
Support size
11.0 x 18.4 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Subject description
This view shows the rough terrain of Mount Victoria before a road was constructed. Mount Victoria is situated near Mount York, New South Wales, on the site of a camp established by Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson, on their first crossing of the Blue Mountains.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
91562
Accession number
89.67
Accession method
Curator's allowance
Meeting
Meeting 5, 1988/89 (1989-02-09)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, 1989.
Credit line
Purchased from Gallery admission charges 1989
Subject categories
Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book | Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Carmichael, John. | (1811–1857) Australian | Scottish | Male | artist