Port Adelaide in 1840. Antique Print c1886.

$130.00

Antique engraving of view of Port Adelaide c1840, capital city of South Australia.

Original wood engraving after a sketch for Andrew Garran's Picturesque Atlas of Australasia published in Sydney between 1886 and 1888 to illustrate the discovery and development of Australia, and to commemorate 100 years of settlement since the First Fleet arrived at Port Jackson in 1788.

Size of engraving is 8 x 18cm (3 x 7 inches). This engraving (published within a page of text) has been mounted between 'antique white' conservation mat board (half framed). External mount for frame measures 22 x 31cm (8 5/8 x 12 1/4 inches).