Cape Wilberforce, Australia

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Artist/Maker	Chapman & Hall (publisher) Baxter, George (print-maker) Westall, William (artist)
Place of origin	England (printed)

Baxter-process print depicting a view of Cape Wilberforce, Australia.

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Categories	Prints Topography
Object type	Print
Title	Cape Wilberforce, Australia (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Baxter print on paper Paper Baxter-Process Printing
Brief description	Print by George Baxter after William Westall, 'Cape Wilberforce, Australia,' plate 2 in the Cabinet of Paintings, Baxter-process print, England, 1837
Physical description	Baxter-process print depicting a view of Cape Wilberforce, Australia.
Dimensions	Height: 3.6875in Width: 5.5in Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933
Style	Victorian
Marks and inscriptions	(Lettered with title) 'Discovered by Capt. Flinders in H.M.S. Investigator, 1802. Printed in Oil Colours by G. Baxter, (Patentee.) from a Painting by W. Westall A.R.A. London, Chapman & Hall, Strand.' (Lettered)
Credit line	Bequeathed by Francis William Baxter
Object history	This print is plate 2 in the Cabinet of Paintings for 1837.
Place depicted	Australia
Bibliographic references	Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933 Lewis, C. T. Courtney. George Baxter (colour printer) his life and work: a manual for collectors. London: S. Low, Marston & Co. Ltd., 1908. cat. no. 40
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.2742-1932

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O744269/cape-wilberforce-australia-print-baxter-george/

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