Sydney Heads / J. S. Prout
Sydney Heads / J. S. Prout
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Author / Creator
Date
between 1874 and 1876
Call Numbers
SSV*/Sp Coll/Prout/13
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Physical Description
Contents
1 print - 11.0 x 17.5 cm - engraving
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Out of copyright
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Full title
Sydney Heads / J. S. Prout
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
This image appeared in "Australia", by Edwin Carton Booth, illustrated with drawings by Skinner Prout, etc. London: Virtue, 1873-1876, vol. I, p. 105. Date of work taken from publisher information of book. ML DSM/Q980.1/46A1 v.1-2. The image is similar to 'The Heads of Port Jackson' which appeared in 'Sydney illustrated'. The view, which is taken...
Signature / Inscriptions
Printed underneath print: S. Prout [and] C. Cousen. Title centred below image, with publisher below title: London, Virtue.
Contextual Information
Administrative / Biographical history
John Skinner Prout, (1805-1876), artist, was born on 19 December 1805 at Plymouth, England. He arrived with his wife and seven children in Sydney on 14 December, 1840. He brought a complete lithographic printing press with him, and in early 1841 he started producing lithographed versions of his drawings of Sydney. In August 1842, the first part o...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
SSV*/Sp Coll/Prout/13
Record Identifier
nQR2M6Z1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nQR2M6Z1
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Reference code
457763
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