Description of a view of the town of Sydney, New South Wales; the harbour of Port Jackson, and surrounding country; now exhibiting in the Panorama, Leicester Square / painted by the proprietor, Robert Burford.

Robert Burford

RA Collection: Book

Record number

24/896

Author

Imprint

London: Printed by J. and C. Adlard, 1829

Physical Description

12 p., 1 plate (folded): illus.; 210 mm.

General Note

Painted from the drawings by Augustus Earle drawn in Sydney 1827.

Folded plate entitled: Explanation of a View of the Town of Sydney, exhibiting in the Panorama, Leicester Square.

On the verso of the title-page, 'A view of Paris / is exhibiting at the / Panorama, Strand.'

Provenance

Part of a set of pamphlets from the library of Richard Westmacott RA presented by Mrs Rodwell in 1937 (see RA Annual Report for 1937, p. 55).
Bound (18) in vol. I of a set of pamphlets from the library of Richard Westmacott RA.

Binding Note

In green quarter-bound leather; spine with two red leather labels, both lettered in gilt, the first as 'Miscellaneous' and the second as 'Vol. / I'.

Subject

Panoramas - Sydney (N.S.W.) ; Description and travel - Sydney (N.S.W.) ; Pictorial works - Panorama (Leicester Square, London, England)

Contributors

Augustus Earle, source artist
Robert Burford, artist/designer
Mrs. Rodwell, donor
Richard Westmacott the Younger RA, previous owner
J. and C. Adlard (London), printer