Terms and conditions of use
Plan of Sydney Town, capital of the English colonies in the Southern Lands
(Plan de ville de Sydney, capitale des colonies angloises, aux Terres australes, 1802)
1824
plate 17 in the Voyage de Découvertes aux Terres Australes (Voyage of Discovery to the Southern Lands) atlas. Arthus Bertrand, Paris, 1824, 2nd edition
Medium
engraving and etching
Measurements
14.9 × 21.2 cm (image) 24.3 × 31.7 cm (plate) 37.5 × 36.8 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Joe White Bequest, 2010
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
Paris, France
Inscription
printed in ink above image u.r.: 17 .
printed in ink (in image) u.c.r.: PLAN / DE LA VILLE DE SYDNEY / Capitale des Colonies Angloises, / AUX TERRES AUSTRALES . / Levé par Mr. (r in superscript above . ) Lesueur , / er assujettu aux relevemens de Mr. (r in superscript above . ) Boullanger. / 9 bre. (bre in superscript above . ) 1802 .
printed in ink below image l.l.-l.r.: Levé par Lesueur . J.Milbert direx . Colquet sculp .
printed in ink below image l.c.: NOUVELLE-HOLLANDE : Colonies Angloises .
(Map is numbered 1 to 38 which corresponds to key printed in ink below image)
Accession Number
2010.96.18
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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