Item 14: Plates for James Wallis Australian Views / Historical Account of the colony of New South Wa...
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Item 14: Plates for James Wallis Australian Views / Historical Account of the colony of New South Wales, 1817-1819
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PXD 373
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Yr8EABXn
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Item 14: Plates for James Wallis Australian Views / Historical Account of the colony of New South Wales, 1817-1819
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Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1817-1819
Call Numbers
PXD 373
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— Physical Description
Contents
Prints - 20 line engravings with etching
— Other Descriptions
Level of description
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Arrangement
Each plate has been separately catalogued - please navigate to the individual records from this record
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
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— SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Contents
These engravings were made in Australia under the direction of Captain James Wallis, of the 46th Regiment. They were first advertised in the Sydney Gazette of 9 January 1819 as a "Series of original Views of New South Wales". When Wallis returned to England in February 1819 he took the plates with him, where the set was published in London in Septe...
— ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Full title
Item 14: Plates for James Wallis Australian Views / Historical Account of the colony of New South Wales, 1817-1819
— AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND CONTRIBUTORS
Author / Creator
— NOTES
General note
The Newcastle plates show a completed Christ's Church, which was finished in August 1818. However one drawing, "Vaulcuse Bay, Port Jackson" PXD 373/15, is inscribed December 1817, and "View of Sydney from the North Shore", PXD 373/4, shows Bennelong Point prior to the beginning of the construction Fort Macquarie, which was commenced in December 18...
Signature / Inscriptions
4 of the engravings (no.'s 10, 15, 17 & 19) ) are inscribed in a contemporary hand, probably James Wallis's; most have titles printed beneath image
— CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION
Source
Probably purchased with the Lachlan Macquarie Papers acquired from Viscountess Strathallan, January 1914 (see Sotheby's Catalogue of a valuable collection of manuscripts, papers, autographs, letters etc by or relating to Major-General Lachlan Macquarie... in "Newscuttings on Macquarie" QA923.59/M; see also "Guide to the Papers of Lachlan Macquarie....
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A Rage for Curiosity
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— PRIMARY IDENTIFIERS
Call Numbers
PXD 373
Record Identifier
Yr8EABXn
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— OTHER IDENTIFIERS
Reference code
118293
