View of Newcastle, New South Wales. [1st plate].

Primary Artist

Walter Preston (1787–1821)

Title

View of Newcastle, New South Wales. [1st plate].

Date made

1817

Place made

Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate

Matrix size

12.6 x 20.3 cm (printed image); 12.8 x 20.5 cm (printed border line); 14.1 x 20.5 cm (image, text)

Support

thin wove paper

Support size

16.5 x 22.8 cm (sheet)

State

unpublished state

Impression

proof impression

Edition information

proofs only (2 known); plate abandoned. 2nd version made

Collection

National Gallery of Australia

IRN

264510

Accession number

2014.2412B

Accession method

Purchase

Provenance

with Hordern House Rare Books, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2014: purchased by the National gallery of Australia, 2014

Credit line

Purchased 2014

Web address

https://searchthecollection.nga.gov.au/object/264510

Country of context

Australia

Last Updated

26 Jan 2026