Lithograph

Maker & role
Thomas Shotter Boys (b.1803, d.1874), Lithographer; George French Angas (b.1822, d.1886), Artist; J. Hogarth (active circa 1850), Publisher; Woolcott & Clarke (estab. Late 1840s, closed Late 1850s), Publisher
 Production date
1852

Object detail

Title
The city and harbour of Sydney from near Vaucluse.
Production place
Sydney/NSW/Australia
Collection
Vaucluse House
Measurements
H: 42 x W: 60.6cm (H: 420 x W: 606mm)
Subject Place
Port Jackson/Sydney/NSW/Australia
Sydney/NSW/Australia
Blue Mountains/NSW/Australia
Signature & marks
Printed text lower left of lithograph; ‘GEORGE FRENCH ANGAS’.
Printed text lower right of lithograph; ‘THOMAS BOYS LITH’.
Printed text below image; ‘THE CITY AND HARBOUR OF SYDNEY / FROM NEAR VAUCLUSE / LONDON, PUBLISHED BY J. HOGARTH 5 HAYMARKET & MESSRS WOOLCOTT & CLARKE GEORGE STREET, SYDNEY 1852’.
Various other inscriptions underneath image describing native flora and fauna and landmarks illustrated in lithograph.
Credit line
Gift, through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2004
Caroline Simpson Collection, Vaucluse House Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Description
The City & Harbour of Sydney from near Vaucluse by George French Angas is a hand-coloured lithograph by Thomas Boys, published by J. Hogarth, and Messrs Woolcott & Clarke, Sydney, 1852.

As Angas noted in the catalogue of his 1846 London exhibition: he aimed to paint images as faithful visual records of 'countries with which the people of England are still but imperfectly acquainted'. This lithograph satisfies both an accurate topographical and botanical representation while fulfilling Angas' quest for the picturesque.
Accession number
V2005/5

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