A VIEW OF SYDNEY COVE, NEW SOUTH WALES, 1804

Important Australian and International Fine Art - 28 November 2018 | Melbourne

Lot 68

Edward Dayes

(1763 – 1804)

A VIEW OF SYDNEY COVE, NEW SOUTH WALES, 1804

hand coloured aquatint
engraved by Francis Jukes, London

39.5 x 60.0 cm

Estimate:

$10,000 – 15,000

Lot sold: $12,200 (inc. BP)

Lot Details

Description

Edward Dayes

(1763 – 1804)

A VIEW OF SYDNEY COVE, NEW SOUTH WALES, 1804

hand coloured aquatint
engraved by Francis Jukes, London

39.5 x 60.0 cm

bears inscription below image: Drawn by E. Dayes from a Picture painted at the Colony. Engraved by F. Jukes. / A VIEW OF SYDNEY COVE, NEW SOUTH WALES / from an Original Picture in possession of Isaac Clementson Esq. / London Published April 10 1804 by F. Jukes / 57 John St Fitzroy Square

Provenance

Private collection, Melbourne

Literature

Flower, C., The Antipodes Observed: Prints and Print Makers of Australia 1788 - 1850, MacMillan, Melbourne, 1975, pl. 18, p. 71 and dust jacket (illus., another example)
McCormick, T., The First Views of Australia 1788-1825: a history of early Sydney, David Ell Press in association with Longueville Publications, Sydney, 1987, pl. 55, pp. 89 (illus., another example), 314