Primary Artist

John Skinner Prout (1805–1876)

Title

Sydney Illustrated. Sydney: Kemp and Fairfax, 1844.

Physical description

Folio, 12 lithographs and two lithograph-illustrated title pages printed by T. Bluett with letter press description by J. Rae

Source

Sydney Illustrated, by J.S. Prout. Sydney and Hobart, 1842-44.

Page or Plate number

collection record

Reference

Ferguson (1941-69, 1986),

Date made

1842 – 1844

Place made

Warrane / Sydney, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map

Category

Illustrated book

Print types

planographic | relief

Technique

lithographs, printed in colour inks, from two stones (black image, buff tint); letter-press text

Matrix size

38.3 x 27.7 cm (book, closed)

Support

paper

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print-run unknown

Production notes

1st part advertised foe publication 28 July 1842; 1 August held up 'for a few days'; 5 August 'in a few days'; 15 August 'will be published today'. 2nd part available 4 November 1842; part 3 published by 10 April 1843; part 4 20 March 1844.

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

149737

Accession number

2005.1058.1-15

Accession method

Purchase

Meeting

Meeting 3, 2005/2006 (2005-12-07)

Provenance

Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Sydney, December 2005.

Credit line

Purchased 2005

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Bluett, Thomas. | (1819–1846) English | Male | printer

RAE, J. | (1813–1900) Male | printer (letterpress)

Prout, John Skinner | (1805–1876) Australian | English | Male | artist

J.S. Prout & Co. | (1842–) Australian | Organisation | printer

Last Updated

01 Jul 2026