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Cape Wilberforce, Australia

Print
1837 (made)
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.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Topography
Object type
Print
TitleCape 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 createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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