Full title: Views in New South Wales.

Author/creator: Browne, Richard, 1776-1824, Eyre, J. (John), 1771-, Lewin, J. W. (John William), 1770-1819, Preston, W. (Walter), Slager, Philip, 1755-1815, West, Absalom.

Date: 1812-1814].

Call Numbers: SAFE/F81/22

Record Identifier: 74VvrE3BDdJd

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: 1 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 55 cm., 1. Botany Bay harbour with a view of the heads, taken from Cook's Point (1 copy b&w) -- 2. Port Jackson Harbour, with a view of the Blue Mountains, taken from South Head (2 copies b&w and col.) -- 3. First part view of the Town of Sydney, taken from Bennelong's Point (1 copy b&w) -- 4. Second part view of the town of Sydney, taken from Bennelong's Point (1 copy b&w) -- 5. Hunter's River, near Newcastle, taken from Prospect Hill (2 copies, b&w ; col.) -- 6. Newcastle with a distant view of Port Stephen, taken from Prospect Hill (1 copy b&w ; 1 photoreprint) -- 7. North harbour with a view of South Head, taken from Bellmont (2 copies b&w ; col.) -- 8. Native Camp, near Cockle Bay, with a view of Parramatta River, taken from Dawes Point (2 copies b&w ; col.) -- 9. Third part view of the town of Sydney, taken from Dawes Point (2 copies b&w ; col.) -- 10. Fourth part view of the town of Sydney, taken from Dawes Point (2 copies b&w ; col.) -- 11. First part view of the town of Parramatta, taken from the north side of the river (2 copies b&w ; col.) -- 12. Second part view of the town of Parramatta, taken from the north side of the river (1 copy b&w.) -- 13. Woolloomoolla House, near Sydney (1 copy b&w) -- 14. Ultimo House, near Sydney (1 copy b&w) -- 15. A view of part of the town of Parramatta, taken from the south side of the river (1 copy b&w) -- 16. A view of Shark's Bay, taken from Vinegar Hill (1 copy b&w.) -- 17. First part view of the River Sydney, taken from the Church yard of St. Philip, Sydney (1 copy b&w.) -- 18. Second part view of the River Sydney, taken from the Church yard of St. Philip, Sydney (1 copy b&w) -- 19. A view of the town of Windsor (1 copy b&w.) -- 20. A view of the banks of the River Hawkesbury (1 copy b&w) -- 21. A view of the native burial of Baggara, a native of NSW (2 copy b&w) -- 22. A view of the blue mountain pheasant (1 copy b&w)

Publishers: [Sydney : A. West, 1812-1814]

Notes: Also contains 4ff. of typescript notes by Sir William Dixson, 2 broadsides, being advertisements reprinted from the Sydney gazette, Jan. 1813 and Sept. 12, 1914. Contains blank pages lettered 1-24 to correspond with the numbers of the plates. None of the plates is mounted, but sometimes several copies of each print are placed at its appropriate number. Drawn by J. Eyre, T.R. Browne, J.W. Lewin and P. Slaeger and engraved by W. Preston and P. Slaeger. These 24 views on 22 plates comprise the first set of colonial views published by Absalom West. Title supplied by cataloguer.

Additional physical form availability note: Online images available via the State Library of NSW at: http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/album/albumView.aspx?itemID=1222935&acmsid=0 ; Digital order number c01449.

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