The Heads of Port Jackson.
Primary Artist
John Skinner Prout (1805–1876)
Title
Source
Sydney Illustrated. Sydney and Hobart, 1842, 1844
Page or Plate number
plate 9
Reference
Ferguson (1941-69, 1986), 3891
Date made
1842
Place made
Australia, Australia, New South Wales, Sydney View on map Close map
Category
Print type
planographic
Technique
lithograph, printed in colour, from two stones
Matrix size
18.1 x 26.8 cm (printed image)
Support
paper
Support size
27.2 x 37.6 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent
Signed lower centre edge in image in black ink, 'J.S. Prout'. Not dated. Titled lower centre below image in letterpress, 'THE HEADS/ OF PORT JACKSON.'.
Inscriptions or device by others involved in the works production
Inscribed lower right corner verso in black pencil, '9'.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
149743
Accession number
2005.1058.6
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 3, 2005/2006 (2005-12-07)
Provenance
Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, December 2005.
Credit line
Purchased 2005
Creators
PROUT, John Skinner | (1805–1876) Australian | English | Male | artist
Bluett, Thomas. | (1819–1846) English | Male | printer