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Image Not Available for After Plate 3 of Major Taylor's panorama of Sydney - Part of the Harbour of Port Jackson and the country between Sydney and the Blue Mountains, New South Wales
After Plate 3 of Major Taylor's panorama of Sydney - Part of the Harbour of Port Jackson and the country between Sydney and the Blue Mountains, New South Wales
Image Not Available for After Plate 3 of Major Taylor's panorama of Sydney - Part of the Harbour of Port Jackson and the country between Sydney and the Blue Mountains, New South Wales

After Plate 3 of Major Taylor's panorama of Sydney - Part of the Harbour of Port Jackson and the country between Sydney and the Blue Mountains, New South Wales

Photographer
Date1988
Object number00005980
NamePhotograph
MediumSilver gelatin resin coated print on paper
DimensionsOverall: 459 x 712 mm, 0.05 kg
ClassificationsPhotographs
Credit LineANMM Collection
HistoryMajor James Taylor's 'A panoramic view of Sydney’ was published as a three plate engraving in 1823. It was engraved by R. Havell & Son, London, from drawings by Taylor made around 1820. The plates are titled: Plate 1. The entrance of Port Jackson, and part of the town of Sydney, New South Wales. Plate 2. The town of Sydney in New South Wales. Plate 3. Part of the Harbour of Port Jackson, and the country between Sydney and the Blue Mountains, New South Wales. When joined together they form a panoramic landscape taken from the vantage point of Observatory Hill.
Image Not Available for After Plate 1 of Major Taylor's panorama of Sydney - The entrance of Port Jackson, and part of the town of Sydney, New South Wales
After Plate 1 of Major Taylor's panorama of Sydney - The entrance of Port Jackson, and part of the town of Sydney, New South Wales
Russell Brooks
1988
Port Jackson Harbour, in New South Wales: with a distant view of the Blue Mountains
Port Jackson Harbour, in New South Wales: with a distant view of the Blue Mountains
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1814
A heavily wooded valley between two steep sandstone cliffs, Katoomba, Blue Mountains, New South Wales
A heavily wooded valley between two steep sandstone cliffs, Katoomba, Blue Mountains, New South Wales
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Man seated on a large rock in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales
Man seated on a large rock in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales
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The entrance of Port Jackson, and part of the town of Sydney, New South Wales
The entrance of Port Jackson, and part of the town of Sydney, New South Wales
Major James Taylor
1823
Image Not Available for Wood reel with white coloured cotton thread
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J Brook & Bros
1936-1961
Image Not Available for Wood reel with white coloured cotton thread
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Murray Views Pty Ltd
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Sydney, New South Wales, with the entrance into Port Jackson
James Fittler
1809
Portrait of a boy looking over the Blue Mountains, Katoomba, Sydney
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William Frederick Hall
1890s - 1930s
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William James Hall
c 1900
Bridge over a river in a country town, New South Wales
Bridge over a river in a country town, New South Wales
William James Hall
1890s - 1920s