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Sydney Harbour from Watson's Bay.
Terry, del. 1853.
Sands & Kenny, Sydney & Melbourne.
Steel engraving, sheet 155 x 200mm (6 x 8"). Small tears.
Sydney Harbour, Australia, from Watson's Bay. Watson's Bay was named after British sailor Robert Watson, who had been given land there in 1801. He became harbourmaster of Sydney in 1811 and first superintendent of Macquarie Lighthouse in 1816. After Frederick Charles Terry (1825 - 1869), British artist resident in Australia from c.1852.
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Sydney Cove from Fort Macquarie.
Terry, del. 1853.
Sands & Kenny, Sydney & Melbourne.
Steel engraving, sheet 150 x 200mm (6 x 8"). Tear lower left.
View of Sydney Harbour, Australia, with shipping, from the battlements of Fort Macquarie, built at Bennelong Point, where the Sydney Opera House now stands. Governor Lachlan Macquarie directed that a fort was built between December 1817 to February 1821 under the direction of Francis Greenway. The fort was demolished in 1901 to make way for new electric tramway sheds named Fort Macquarie Tram Depot. After Frederick Charles Terry (1825 - 1869), British-born artist resident in Australia from c.1852. NLA: 2699388.
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