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Print
861981
  • Title
    Panoramic views of Port Jackson, ca. 1821 / drawn by Major James Taylor, 48th Regiment, engraved by R. Havell & Sons
  • Creator
  • Call number
    DG XV1/16
    DG XV1/17
    DG XV1/18
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    ca. 1821
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    861981
  • Physical Description
    3 prints - black, hand coloured
  • Scope and Content
    Plate 1. The entrance of Port Jackson, and part of the town of Sydney, New South Wales
    Plate 2. The town of Sydney in New South Wales
    Plate 3. Part of the Harbour of Port Jackson, and the country between Sydney and the Blue Mountains, New South Wales
  • Description source

    Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009
  • General note

    Sands Directory gives address of R.H. Robertson as 164 Pitt St. 1899-1919 and 42 Bridge Street 1921.
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    Plates are stamped Robertson, architect.

    Plate 1 is stamped 'G M? Robertson, Architect City Bank Chambers 164? Pitt Street Sydney'.
    Plates 1 & 2 have written in pencil on back 'R.H.' Robertson 42 Bridge St Sydney'.
    Plates 2 and 3 are stamped on the back 'R.H. Robertson, Architect, City Bank Chambers Pitt Street, Sydney'.
  • Attributions / conjectures

    May be a set pulled off at a much later date than the original edition. Colouring is very poor.
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