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Lot 12

William Stadden Blake
(British, circa 1746-1817)
after Thomas Watling
A View of the Town of Sydney in the Colony of New South Wales, 1802

7 June 2016, 18:30 AEST
Melbourne, Armadale

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William Stadden Blake (British, circa 1746-1817), after Thomas Watling

A View of the Town of Sydney in the Colony of New South Wales, 1802
Taken from the rising ground near the Court House, on the West side of the Cove. This plate is humbly dedicated to Capt'n John Hunter, Late Governor of New South Wales. By his Humble Servt W.L. Blake. London, published as the Act directs, June 1 at 1802
engraving, aquatint, hand coloured with watercolour on paper
30.0 x 41.0cm (11 13/16 x 16 1/8in).

Footnotes

PROVENANCE
The Collection of Amina and Franco Belgiorno-Nettis AC CBE, Sydney

LITERATURE
Ron Radford and Jane Hylton, Australian Colonial Art 1800-1900, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 1995, p.31 (illus. another example)
Tim McCormick, First Views of Australia 1788 - 1825, David Ell Press in assoc. Longueville Publications, Sydney, 1987, p.85, pl.52 (illus. another example)

RELATED WORK
Other impressions of this print are held in the collections of the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, and the National Library of Australia, Canberra

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