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Joseph Lycett, circa 1775-1828, Views in Australia, or New…
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21-Jun-2017
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Joseph Lycett, circa 1775-1828, Views in Australia, or New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. London: J. Souter, 1824, first edition, oblong folio, lithographed pictorial title and 48 finely hand coloured aquatint plates after drawings by Lycett, 2 engraved maps by and after J. Tyrer (one folding), advertisement leaf, in modern crimson calf and marbled boards, gilt, slipcase, 28.5 x 37.6 cm. Provenance: Fine Australian Paintings, Sotheby's Australia, Melbourne, 24 July 1988, lot 54. Private Collection, New South Wales, acquired from the above. Literature. John Ferguson, Bibliography of Australia, Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1941-1969, pl. 974. Ronald Tooley, English Books with Coloured Plates 1790-1860, Batsford, London, 1954, pl. 310. John Abbey, Travel in Aquatint and Lithography, 1770-1860, from the Library of J.R. Abbey: A Bibliographical Catalogue, Curwen Press, London, 1954, pl. 570. Ronald Tooley described this publication as 'The finest and most celebrated colour plate book on Australia'. Joseph Lycett was artist to Major General Macquarie, Governor of Australia. Lycett was convicted for forgery and arrived in New South Wales in 1810 as a convict, but was later conditionally pardoned from the Newcastle mines owing to his ability as an artist. Macquarie became interested in Lycett's talents and sent three of his coloured drawings to Earl Bathurst, Secretary for the Colonies and supposedly in payment, Bathurst granted a pardon to the artist.
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Printed & Written Material: Historical Documents