Sydney, from Woolloomooloo Hill.
Primary Artist
John Carmichael (1811–1857)
Title
Sydney, from Woolloomooloo Hill.
Date made
1829Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 1250
Category
Illustrated book
Print type
intaglio
Technique
engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
Text printed from matrix
Printed lower centre below image in black ink, 'DRAWN AND ENGRAVED BY JOHN. CARMICHAEL. SYDNEY.' Printed title lower centre below image in black ink, 'SYDNEY. / from Woolloomooloo Hill'. No date.
Matrix size
16.6 x 22.7 cm (printed image)
Edition information
print run unknown
Subject categories
Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book | Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales
Subject description
A distant view of Sydney; in the foreground, two convicts are working, one is chopping with an axe, the other has a spade, tere is a wheelbarow nearby.
Legacy id
152709
Creators
Carmichael, John. | (1811–1857) Australian | Scottish | Male | artist
Hill, Arthur.. | (1826–1834) Australian | Male | printer
Impressions
Collection
National Gallery of Australia | 2006.328.5
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
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