A view of Botany Bay.

Primary Artist

Thomas Medland (1755–1822)

Title

A view of Botany Bay.

Date made

17 June 1789 (imprint)

Place made

London, Greater London, England View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Text printed from matrix

printed lower left below image, 'R. Cleveley delinr.'.
printed lower right below image, 'T. Medland sculpt.'.
printed lower centre below image, A VIEW OF BOTANY BAY.'. printed lower centre below title, ' Published June 17,1789, by J. Stockdale. '''

Matrix size

20.0 x 25.5 cm (plate-mark)

Edition information

print-run unknown

Subject description

A view of English sailing ships in Botany Bay. In the right foreground am Aboriginal man is paddling a canoe.

Country of context

Australia

Creators

Medland, Thomas. | (1755–1822) English | Male | engraver

Cleveley, Robert. | (1747–1809) English | Male | print after

Stockdale, John. | (1750–1814) English | Male | publisher

Last Updated

09 Jul 2026

Impressions

Collection

National Gallery of Australia | 2013.653

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

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