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Title
Select Views of Sydney New South Wales [1829] / Drawn and Engraved by John Carmichael, Sydney
Creator
John Carmichael, 1803-1857
Call number
PXB 359
Level of description
fonds
Date

1829
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Prints
Reference code
11296
Physical Description
6 prints - line engravings - each engraving approx. 19 x 26 cm
Scope and Content
Item 01
Light House from the open sea [title page for Select Views of Sydney]

Item 02
Sydney Cove, between Fort Philip & Dawes Battery

Item 03
George Street from the wharf

Item 04
Sydney from The Domain near Government House

Item 05
Sydney from Woolloomooloo Hill

Item 06
Sydney from Hyde Park
System of arrangement
This collection comprises six individual prints, described separately. You may navigate to these detailed records from this record.
Description source

Title taken from front cover.
General note

John Carmichael published "Select Views of Sydney" in Sydney in 1829. The publication comprised letterpress, one illustrated title page and six views. This collection is missing the last view "Sydney from the Parramatta Road".

Another copy, containing five line engravings and a bookplate (but missing the illustrated title page), is located at PXA 1803 (Mitchell Library). Please note that the order of the prints in PXA 1803 differs from PXB 359.
Signatures / Inscriptions

Publication details on front cover, "Printed by A. Hill, New South Wales"

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