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Walter Preston (etcher)
John Eyre (draughtsman)
View of Shark’s Bay in New South Wales. Taken from Vinegar Hill (1813); published 1814
etching and engraving
22.0 × 36.8 cm (image) 27.5 × 40.3 cm irreg. (sheet)
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of an anonymous donor through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2010
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View of Shark’s Bay in New South Wales. Taken from Vinegar Hill
(1813); published 1814
plate 16 from the Views in New South Wales series, published by Absalom West, Sydney, 1812–14
Medium
etching and engraving
Measurements
22.0 × 36.8 cm (image) 27.5 × 40.3 cm irreg. (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of an anonymous donor through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2010
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Sydney, New South Wales
Inscription
printed in ink below image l.l.: Drawn by J. Eyre
printed in ink below image l.r.: Engraved by W. Prefton
printed in ink below image l.c.: View of SHARKS BAY, in New South Wales / Taken from Vinegar Hill. / Dedicated to his Excellency Lachlan Macquarie, Esqre. (re in superscript above . ) Governor of New South Wales. &c. &c. &c. / Published Novr. (r in superscript over . ) 30th (th in superscript over . ) 1814 by A. West, Sydney.
inscribed in blue ballpoint pen on reverse u.l.: (framing instructions)
Accession Number
2010.104
Departments
Australian Prints / Australian Prints & Drawings
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