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Print
118294
  • Title
    Folio 01: A View of Hawkesbury, and the Blue Mountains. / New South Wales.
  • Call number
    PXD 373/1
  • Level of description
    item
  • Date

    c. 1818
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    118294
  • Issue Copy
    Digitised
  • Physical Description
    Prints - 1 line engraving with etching on thin wove paper - 32.3 x 54.5 cm inside frame line; 40.2 x 60.6 approx plate size; 44.4 x 63.5 cm paper size
  • General note

    It has been suggested that Lycett is the artist of the original drawing from which this drawing has been made - see collection record
    A watercolour drawing titled "Hawkesbury & Blue Mountains, / from Windsor", which is inscribed "James Wallis 1815 with Camera Lucida", is in a private Sydney collection. The drawing is quite close to this engraving. It measures 23.5 x 36.2 cm. A copy of the drawing is at SPF/HAWKESBURY RIVER/1815
    Digital order no:a1272001
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    Printed beneath image "Engrav'd by W. Preston from an Original Drawing by Cap.t Wallis. 46th Reg.t"
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