Landing at Botany Bay
Primary Artist
John Boyne (1756–1810)
Title
Date made
16 November 1786 (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
38.2 x 52.0 cm (printed image)
Support
paper
Support size
41.6 x 57.0 cm (sheet)
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
Edition information
print-run unknown
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
202778
Accession number
2010.925
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 2, 2010/2011 (2010-10-26)
Provenance
Purchased by the National Gallery of Australia, from Hordern House, Sydney, October 2010.
Credit line
Purchased 2010
Subject categories
Australia, Art period: Colonial, Caricature | Australia, Art period: Pre-European settlement, to 1778
Creators
Boyne, John. | (1756–1810) Irish | Male | artist
Humphrey, Hannah. | (1745–1818) English | Female | publisher
Hedges, Edward. | (1780–) English | Male | publisher
Last Updated
20 Jan 2026