George Street from the wharf.
Primary Artist
John Carmichael (1811–1857)
Title
Source
Carmichael, John. Select Views of Sydney, New South Wales. Drawn and engraved by John Carmichael. Sydney, 1829.
Page or Plate number
plate 2
Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 1250
Date made
1829
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Album
Print type
intaglio
Technique
engraving, printed in black ink, from one copper plate
Matrix size
16.6 x 23.0 cm (printed image)
Support
white wove paper
Support size
21.0 x 27.4 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
152707
Accession number
2006.328.3
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 5, 2005/2006 (2006-04-27)
Provenance
Kenneth Webster Collection (stamp on back endpaper). Maggs Brothers, London. Sir Thomas Ramsay (blindstamp). Ramsay sale, Christie's Australia, March 1977, lot 1298. Private collection 1977-1996. Purchased by Rodney Davidson through New Century Antiquarian Books, Melbourne, 1996. Rodney Davidson Collection, 1996-2006. Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from The Davidson collection, Second sale, Melbourne: Australian Book Auctions, 27 February 2006, lot 299.
Credit line
Purchased 2006
Subject categories
Australia, Book arts: Illustrated book | Australia, Art period: Colonial, New South Wales | Architecture
Creators
Hill, Arthur.. | (1826–1834) Australian | Male | printer
Carmichael, John. | (1811–1857) Australian | Scottish | Male | artist