Peel, Peel, Swan River Peel! Very Fine Peel!
Primary Artist
John Phillips (1808–1842)
Title
Peel, Peel, Swan River Peel! Very Fine Peel!
Date made
6 June 1829 (imprint)
Place made
London, Greater London, England View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate; hand-coloured in watercolour
Matrix size
30.2 x 21.4 cm (printed image); 31.2 x 21.4 cm (printed image and text)
Support
paper
Support size
32.2 x 22.6 cm (sheet)
State
Published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print run unknown
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
204621
Accession number
2010.1029
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 2, 2010/2011 (2010-10-26)
Provenance
Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Marie Louise Wordsworth, Perth, October 2010.
Credit line
The Wordsworth Collection, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased 2010
Subject categories
Australia, Art period: Colonial, Caricature | Australia, Art period: Colonial, Western Australia | Collection: The Wordsworth collection of Western Australian colonial art, acquired 2010.
Creators
Fairburn, John. | (1789–) English | Male | publisher
Phillips, John. | (1808–1842) English | Male | artist
Last Updated
20 Jan 2026