A night scene in the neighbourhood of Sydney, ca. 1802 / T. Powell sculpt., W. Alexander delt., [aft...
A night scene in the neighbourhood of Sydney, ca. 1802 / T. Powell sculpt., W. Alexander delt., [after Thomas Watling]
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1802
Call Numbers
SV/323
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Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 print - 37 x 43 cm - engraving, hand-coloured
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955.
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Hand-coloured engraving of the frontispiece to vol.2 of David Collins’ An account of the English colony in New South Wales…(1802), showing Australian Indigenous people round a camp fire at night, with a full moon.
Alternative Titles
Full title
A night scene in the neighbourhood of Sydney, ca. 1802 / T. Powell sculpt., W. Alexander delt., [after Thomas Watling]
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
'W. Alexander del.' lower left. 'T. Powell sculpt' lower right.
Attributions / Conjectures
T. Powell (sculpt.), after William Alexander (1767–1816), after Thomas Watling (1762–1806). - (Library correspondence file).
Description source
Title from below image.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Antique Print & Map Room, 16 December 2016.
Administrative / Biographical history
The uncoloured version of this plate (Caddell & Davies, 29 June 1802) is believed to have been based on a drawing by Thomas Watling (1762–1806). Then the only competent artist in the colony, the original drawing is likely to have been executed during the period of Watling’s assignment to Judge Advocate David Collins (1756–1810), and taken back to E...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SV/323
Record Identifier
YolgxDE9
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YolgxDE9
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Reference code
1005838
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