Early Newcastle in the Newcastle Region Art Gallery:
A Selection of Digitised Artworks

We are very pleased to be able to present these beautiful works of early Newcastle and the local region. Thankyou to Donna Robson who kindly located the artworks, Bruce Turnbull who digitally photographed them, and the Gallery for allowing them to be reproduced for the Virtual Coquun-Hunter River Website. This has been a collaborative venture between the Newcastle Region Art Gallery and the University of Newcastle's Archives Rare Books & Special Collections (now Cultural Collections Unit). Many of the following descriptive entries were prepared by Alison Chapman in the Gallery's Catalogue "Australian Prints in the Newcastle Region Art Gallery 1812 - 1945."

1807 T.R. Browne (1776 - 1824)

Newcastle, 1807 (254KB)
Watercolour on paper.
Courtesy Newcastle Region Art Gallery

1812 T.R. Browne (1776 - 1824)

Newcastle, in New South Wales,
with a distant view of Point Stephen. 1812. (233KB)
Courtesy Newcastle Region Art Gallery

Copper Engraving.
Sheet 32.1 x 46.0
Plate: 27.6 x 40.5
Image: 22.8 x 37.2
Inscribed: printed in plate margins n.i. "No. 6."; l.l."Drawn by I R Brown."; lower c. "NEWCASTLE, in New South Wales, with a distant View of POINT STEPHEN./ Taken from Prospect Hill./ Dedicated to his Excellency Lachlan Macquarie, Esqr: Governor of New South Wales, &c.&c.&c./ Published Novr: 30th: 1812, by A. West, Sydney."; l.r. "Engraved by W Preston." Purchased 1971. 1971.8

1812 T.R. Browne (1776 - 1824)

View of Hunters River, near Newcastle, New South Wales. 1812 (242KB)
Courtesy Newcastle Region Art Gallery

Copper Engraving.
Sheet 32.1 x 46.0
Plate: 27.5 x 40.7
Image: 22.8 x 38.1
Inscribed: printed in plate margins u.l. "No. 5."; l.l."Drawn by I R Brown."; lower c. "View of HUNTERS RIVER, near NEWCASTLE, New South Wales./ Taken from Prospect Hill./ Dedicated to his Excellency Lachlan Macquarie, Esqr: Governor of New South Wales, &c.&c.&c./ Published Novr: 30th: 1812, by A. West, Sydney."; l.r. "Engraved by W Preston." Purchased 1971. 1971.7

c.1816-1818 Joseph Lycett (c1774/75 - 1828)

Newcastle, New South Wales, looking towards Prospect Hill. (213 KB)
A gift by Port Waratah Coal Services to Newcastle Region Art Gallery.
Courtesy Newcastle Region Art Gallery

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c.1820 Unknown

A view of King's Town. (c.1820/1828)
Courtesy Newcastle Region Art Gallery

Acquatint, etching, hand coloured.
Sheet and plate: 21.9 x 40.8
Image: 17.3 x 37.5
Inscribed: printed on image the numbers 1-10 over landscape features corresponding to the inscription in the plate margins, l.l. - l.r. "No.1 River Hunter. 2. Public Wharf. 3. Nobby Island 4. North end of Breakwater once intended to connect with the Island. 5. Hospital. 6. Gaol. 7. Police Magistrates Residence. 8. Sessions House. 9. High Land on the South of Port Stephens. 10. Fort, Signal Station & Light.";
lower c. "A large portion of the Town Lies to the left, between the Church & River./ A VIEW OF KING'S TOWN./ (late Newcastle.)/ London, Engraved & Published, August 1st. 1828 by J. Cross, 18 Holborn…(illeg.)osite Furnivals Inn." Purchased 1969 1969:14

1820 Walter Preston (fl. 1811-1820)

Newcastle, Hunter's River, New South Wales. 1820
Various sizes (233KB) (1.02 MB) (Detail 271KB)
Courtesy Newcastle Region Art Gallery

Copper engraving, hand coloured.
Sheet: 43.9 x 55.7
Plate: 39.6 x 52.7
Image: 30.8 x 46.0
Inscribed: printed in the plate margins, u.r. "V."; lower c. "Engrav'd by W. Preston from a Drawing by Capt. Wallis. 46th Regt./ NEWCASTLE./ Hunter's River./ New South Wales./ London, Pubd. Septr. 1 1820, at R. Ackermann's, 101. Strand."
Purchased 1971
1971:51

1820 Walter Preston (fl. 1811-1820)

Corroboree, or dance of the natives of
New South Wales, New Holland. 1820.(266kb)
Courtesy Newcastle Region Art Gallery

Copper engraving, hand coloured.
Sheet: 45.9 x 62.8
Plate: 44.5 x 60.5
Image: 38.0 x 56.9
Inscribed: printed in the plate margins, u.r. "VI."; lower c. "W. Preston. Sculp./Corrobborree(sic) Or DANCE of the NATIVES of NEW SOUTH WALES./ New Holland/ Published. Septr. 1 1820, at R. Ackermann's, 101. Strand."
Purchased 1971
1971:52

1824 Joseph Lycett (c1774/75 - 1828)

The Sugarloaf Mountain, near Newcastle, New South Wales. 1824.(212kb)
Courtesy Newcastle Region Art Gallery

Aquatint etching, hand coloured.
Sheet: 26.1 x 36.1
Plate: 23.0 x 32.3
Image: 17.1 x 27.0
Inscribed: printed in the plate margins, l.l. "I.Lycett, Delt et Execute."; lower c. "THE SUGAR LOAF MOUNTAIN,/Near New Castle, /New South Wales./ London, Published Octr.1, 1824, by J. Souter, 73, St. Pauls Church Yard."
Purchased 1968
1968:38

1853 Frederick Terry (1827 - 1869)

Newcastle from the Nobby (1853/1855) (169KB)
Courtesy Newcastle Region Art Gallery

Steel engraving
Sheet: 21.0 x 27.3
Plate: 17.7 x 25.4
Image: 10.4 x 15.4
Inscribed: printed in the plate margins, l.l. "Fleury, del, 1853."; lower c. "Newcastle from the Nobby./ Sands & Kenny, Sydney & Melbourne; and Sands & Son, London."l.r. "No.4."
Purchased 1968
1968:44

1853 Frederick Terry (1827 - 1869)

The Nobbies from Newcastle (1853/1855) (170KB)
Courtesy Newcastle Region Art Gallery

Steel engraving
Sheet: 21.0 x 27.3
Plate: 17.7 x 25.4
Image: 11.7 x 16.3
Inscribed: printed in the plate margins, l.l. "Fleury, del, 1853."; lower c. "The Nobbies from Newcastle./ Sands & Kenny, Sydney & Melbourne; and Sands & Son, London."l.r. "No.15."
Purchased 1968
1968:49

1853 Frederick Terry (1827 - 1869)

New Bridge, West Maitland (1853/1855) (170KB)
Courtesy Newcastle Region Art Gallery

Steel engraving
Sheet: 21.0 x 27.2
Plate: 17.6 x 25.5
Image: 10.1 x 14.7
Inscribed: printed in the plate margins, l.l. "Fleury, del, 1853."; lower c. "New Bridge, West Maitland./ Sands & Kenny, Sydney & Melbourne; and Sands & Son, London."l.r. "No.6."
Purchased 1968
1968:45

1853 Frederick Terry (1827 - 1869)

View of East Maitland (1853/1855) (145KB)
Courtesy Newcastle Region Art Gallery

Steel engraving
Sheet: 21.0 x 26.9
Plate: 17.8 x 25.5
Image: 10.3 x 15.3
Inscribed: printed in the plate margins, l.l. "Fleury, del, 1853."; lower c. "View of East Maitland./ Sands & Kenny, Sydney & Melbourne; and Sands & Son, London."l.r. "No.12."
Purchased 1968
1968:46

1853 Frederick Terry (1827 - 1869)

View of West Maitland from the Hunter (1853/1855) (194KB)
Courtesy Newcastle Region Art Gallery

Steel engraving
Sheet: 20.9 x 27.3
Plate: 17.6 x 25.5
Image: 11.0 x 15.7
Inscribed: printed in the plate margins, l.l. "Fleury, del, 1853."; lower c. "View of West Maitland from the Hunter./ Sands & Kenny, Sydney & Melbourne; and Sands & Son, London."l.r. "No.13."
Purchased 1968
1968:47

1874 John Skinner Prout (1806 - 1876)

Near Newcastle on the Hunter, New South Wales. (c.1874-76) (241KB)
Courtesy Newcastle Region Art Gallery

Engraving, hand coloured.
Sheet and plate: 21.6 x 26.9
Image: 12.7 x 18.4
Inscribed: printed on plate, l.l. "SKINNER PROUT"; printed in plate margins, l.l. "S. Prout."; lower c. "NEAR NEWCASTLE ON THE HUNTER, NEW SOUTH WALES."; bot. c. "LONDON, VIRTUE & Co. LIMITED."; l.r. "S. Bradshaw"
Purchased 1971
1971:48

1874 John Skinner Prout (1806 - 1876)

Port Stephens (c.1874-76) (244KB)
Courtesy Newcastle Region Art Gallery

Engraving, hand coloured.
Sheet and plate: 20.1 x 26.5
Image: 11.7 x 18.4
Inscribed: printed in plate margins, l.l. "S. Prout."; lower c. "PORT STEPHENS."; bot. c. "LONDON, VIRTUE & Co. LIMITED."; l.r. "A. Willmore"
Purchased 1971
1971:49