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LYCETT, Joseph
North View of Sidney, New South Wales

Coloured Lithograph.
17.5 x 28 cm.
Inscribed: "I Lycett, Delt. et Execute".
[Delt. = delineavit: drew the scene; Exect. = executit: carried out the engraving]

Described below the image as: "London, Published 1825, by J. Souter 73. St. Pauls Church Yard."

Published initially in monthly parts, and later collated in Joseph Lycett, Views in Australia or New South Wales, & Van Diemen's Land delineated, in fifty views.... London; John Souter, 1824; appeared as Plate No.2.

Background
'North View of Sidney, New South Wales' is based upon a drawing made by Lycett prior to his departure from the colony in September 1822. It includes topographical features and buildings not present when he left, such as, St. James' Church, whose completion he anticipated in his completed view.

Artist
Joseph Lycett (c.1775-1828)
Convict, landscape painter.
Convicted of forgery and transported to NSW for 14 years; arrived in NSW in 1813.
[See: Profile]

Sources:
Joseph Lycett: convict artist. (ed.) John McPhee. Sydney: Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, 2006.
McCormick, Tim. First Views of Australia 1788-1825: a History of Early Sydney. Sydney: David Ell Press, 1987.
Turner, John. Joseph Lycett: Governor Macquarie's convict artist. Newcastle: Hunter History Publication, 1997.


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