Flourishing state of the Swan River thing [recto] The wickedness of London. Royal museum [verso]

Title

Flourishing state of the Swan River thing [recto] The wickedness of London. Royal museum [verso]

Source

Heath, William. The looking glass. London: Thomas McLean, 1 May 1830.

Page or Plate number

vol. 1, no. 5

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),

Date made

1830

Place made

London, Greater London, England View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink, from one plate

Text printed from matrix

Printed upper centre above image, 'THE LOOKING GLASS / NONE SEE THEMSELVES BUT BY REFLECTIONS - IN THIS GLASS YOU MAY'. Printed upper left above image, 'Vol. 1. / May 1st / 1830'. Printed upper right above image, 'No 5 / Price 3.().6'. Printed upperr centre above image, 'Drawn & Etched by William Heath Author of the northern looking Glass - Paul Pry's Caricatures & Various Humerous Works'.

Edition information

print run unknown

Subject categories

Australia, Art period: Colonial, Caricature | Australia, Art period: Colonial, Western Australia

Legacy id

207547

Last Updated

20 Nov 2025

Impressions

State

Published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

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