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
Estimate:
$10,000 - $15,000
Sold:
$12,200 (inc. BP)
lot details
Published April 10 1804 by F. Jukes / 57 John St Fitzroy Square
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