Colonel William Light
(1786 - 1839)
A VIEW OF THE COUNTRY AND THE TEMPORARY ERECTIONS NEAR THE SITE, c.1838
etching and handcoloured aquatint
engraved by Robert Havell
published by Smith Elder & Co., London
36.5 x 54.0 cm (image)
43.0 x 57.0 cm (sheet)
69.0 x 82.5 cm (frame)
Estimate:
$1,500 - $2,000
Sold:
$1,227 (inc. BP)
lot details
engraved by Robert Havell
published by Smith Elder & Co., London
43.0 x 57.0 cm (sheet)
69.0 x 82.5 cm (frame)
Private collection
probably: Christie’s, Melbourne, 13 March 1975, lot 361
Private collection, Adelaide
Literature
Carrol, A., Graven Images in the Promised Land: A History of Printmaking in South Australia, 1836-1981, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, 1981, cat. 7, p.13 (illus., another example)
Related Works
View of Proposed Town of Adelaide, c.1836, oil painting, 58.5 x 72.5 cm, in the collection of the Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney
The Commencement of Colonization in South Australia, c.1837, watercolour on paper, 34.2 x 58.9 cm, in collection of the Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide
Another example of this print is held in the collection of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney