Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Westall, William, 1781-1850
Title:
Views of Australian scenery / painted by W. Westall ; and engraved by Byrne.
Published / Created:
[London] : [Pubd. by G. & W. Nicol, Pall-Mall], [Feb. 12, 1814]
Physical Description:
[9] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 x 32 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Cover title, on publisher's printed label.
Contents:
Views on the north side of Kangaroo Island -- View of Mala Road, from Pobassoo's Island -- View of Wreck-Reef Bank, taken at low water -- View of Murray's Islands, with the natives offering to barter -- View from the south side of King George's Sound -- View of Port Jackson, taken from the South Head -- View of Port Bowen, from the hills behind the Watering Gully -- View in Sir Edward Pellew's Group-Gulph of Carpentaria -- Entrance of Port Lincoln, taken from behind Memory Cove.
Subject Terms:
Australia -- Pictorial works. | Aboriginal Australians -- Pictorial works. | Indigenous peoples -- Australia -- Pictorial works. | Landscapes -- Australia -- Pictorial works.
Form/Genre:
Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1814.
Contributors:
Byrne, John, 1786–1847, engraver. | Finden, William, 1787–1852, engraver. | Middiman, Samuel, approximately 1750–1831, engraver. | Pye, John, 1745– engraver. | Scott, John, 1774–1827, engraver. | Woolnoth, W. (William), engraver. | G. and W. Nicol (Firm), publisher.