Printed Images in Colonial Australia, 1801-1901

by Roger Butler

This book reveals some of the remarkable colonial works that form the cornerstones of the National Gallery of Australia's collection of Australian prints.

The earliest intaglio prints were produced in New South Wales by a free settler, John Lewin, whose exquisitely hand-colored etchings of moths and birds were published in 1805 and 1808-13. The first views of the colony to be printed locally were published in 1812-14 by an entrepreneurial...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0642541809
• ISBN13: 9780642541802
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 4.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.7" x 11.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher