On the Cow Pasture River, New South Wales. Antique Print of Australia c1874.

by Prout, John Skinner

Antique engraving of a peaceful river gorge on the Cow Pasture River. - the source of the Nepean River above Penrith in New South Wales.

Fine original steel engraving by Samuel Bradshaw (1810-1888) after the prominent English landscape artist and engraver John Skinner Prout (1806-1876) for  Edwin Carton Booth's Australia, Illustrated, with Drawings by Skinner Prout, Chevalier, Armytage and others. Historic views of Australia are today revered as records of early development in colonial Australia. Skinner Prout was one of the principal artists for this wonderful publication on Australia. This engraving was made from a mirror image of Skinner Prout's drawing in the middle of the 19th century.

Prout was born on 19 December 1805 at Plymouth in England. On 14 December 1840 he arrived in Sydney with his wife, their seven children, and a complete lithographic printing press. From early in 1841 Prout sketched and lithographed the Sydney regions. In January 1844 Prout moved to Hobart and drew Hobart and its environs for a series of lithographs.He helped organize and accompanied sketching trips in New South Wales, Tasmania and Victoria. Prout and his family returned to England in April 1848.

This is a lovely engraving, except for a few small soiling spots it is in good condition, with wide margins, as published. Page size is 215 x 270 (8 1/2 x 10 5/8 inches). Image size is 120 x 187mm (4 3/4 x 7 3/8 inches).