• Title : Sydney....G F Sargent....G Greatbach....William Mackenzie; London, Edinburgh & Glasgow
• Ref #:  35518
• Size: 10in x 6 1/2in (255mm x 165mm)
• Date : 1864
• Condition: (A+) Fine Condition

Description:
This hand coloured original steel-plate engraved antique print of Sydney NSW, north across the Rocks with a view to St James Church on Kings St, across the harbour where the Harbour Bridge now sits, after the Australian artist George Frederick Sargent in 1859 was engraved by G. Greatbach and published by William Mackenzie and co. in 1865.

General Definitions:
Paper thickness and quality: - Heavy and stable
Paper color : - off white
Age of map color: - Early
Colors used: - Yellow, green, blue, pink
General color appearance: - Authentic
Paper size: - 25in x 21 1/4in (635mm x 540mm)
Plate size: - 23in x 19 1/2in (590mm x 500mm)
Margins: - Min 1/2in (12mm)

Imperfections:
Margins: - Small repair to top margin, no loss
Plate area: - None
Verso: - None

Background: 
The History of Sydney begins in prehistoric times with the occupation of the district by Australian Aborigines, whose ancestors came to Sydney in the Upper Paleolithic period. The modern history of the city began with the arrival of a First Fleet of British ships in 1788 and the foundation of a penal colony by Great Britain.
From 1788 to 1900 Sydney was the capital of the British colony of New South Wales. An elected city council was established in 1840. In 1900, Sydney became a state capital, when New South Wales voted to join the Australian Federation. Sydney today is Australias largest city and a major international capital of culture and finance.

Mackenzie, William active 1860-70
William Mackenzie, Ludgate Hill, London, Edinburgh and Glasgow, was a well-known publisher of natural history books in the 1860s & 70s. He published works by the trio of Francis Orpen Morris, Benjamin Fawcett and Alexander Francis Lydon. His best-known publication was probably County Seats of The Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland in 1870