Landing at Botany Bay

Primary Artist

John Boyne (1756–1810)

Title

Landing at Botany Bay

Date made

16 November 1786 (imprint)

Place made

London, Greater London, England View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

etching, printed in black ink, from one copper plate; hand-coloured in watercolour

Text printed from matrix

printed text within image including, 'The / MAJESTY of / the People'.
printed lower left below image, 'all these & more came flocking but with looks down cast & damp.'
printed lower right below image, 'Publishd. Nov 16 1786 by E Hedges Cornhill N92 / H. Humphrrey No. 5 Bond St.
printed lower centre below image, 'LANDING at BOTANY BAY'.

Matrix size

38.2 x 52.0 cm (printed image)

Edition information

print-run unknown

Subject categories

Australia, Art period: Colonial, Caricature | Australia, Art period: Pre-European settlement, to 1778

Legacy id

202778

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

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 2010.925

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

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