The voyage of Captain Phillip to Botany Bay [engraved title-page with rondel of Hope encouraging Peace, Art, and Labour to build an infant settlement,]
Primary Artist
Thomas Medland (1755–1822)
Title
The voyage of Captain Phillip to Botany Bay [engraved title-page with rondel of Hope encouraging Peace, Art, and Labour to build an infant settlement,]
Page or Plate number
title-page
Date made
1790 (published)Category
Print type
intaglio
Text printed from matrix
printed lower right around rondel, 'T. Medland sculpt.'.
Edition information
print-run unknown
Production notes
The image on the rondel on the title-page engraved by Thomas Medland, is derived from the 'Sydney Cove Medallion', designed by Henry Webber and produced by Josiah Wedgwood in 1789. The clay used to produce the Medallion was sent from Sydney Cove by Governor Arthur Phillip.
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Medland, Thomas. | (1755–1822) English | Male | engraver
Stockdale, John. | (1750–1814) English | Male | publisher
Webber, Henry. | (1754–1826) English | Male | print after
Last Updated
09 Jul 2026
Impressions
Collection
National Gallery of Australia | 2025.198
State
published state
Impression
undesignated impression as issued
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