Carmichael, John (1811-57; Scottish/Australian)
Sydney Cove, from Fort Philip 1838
Engraving, c.7.5 x 16.6 cm (image)
Purchased, 1891
Present location unknown

This engraving and * Carmichael Sydney Cove from the Stream 1838 {1891} Loc? [PR], both listed in AR 1891 and the 1894 and 1905 NGV catalogues, were purchased together. Both prints were published in James Maclehose’s The picture of Sydney: and strangers’ guide in New South Wales, for 1839 (Sydney, 1839). Other impressions are held in the NGA and elsewhere.

[comparative photo: impression in NGA, Canberra (purchased, 1989)]

Refs.

AR 1891, p.25; NGV 1894, p.112 (V.Buvelot Gallery, 3rd bay, no.15); NGV 1905, p.133 (V.Buvelot Gallery, 3rd bay, no.45c) [£1/1]

For the NGA impression, with reproduction as shown here, see http://cs.nga.gov.au/Detail.cfm?IRN=91579 (acc.no.NGA 89.66; purchased, 1989)