Female penitentiary or factory, Parramatta

Augustus EARLE, New South Wales, 1826
Female penitentiary or factory, Parramatta
Watercolour
National Library of Australia

Augustus Earle (1793–1838) was a London-born artist of independent means who travelled widely in search of new and exotic subjects. His work comprises one of the most significant documentary records of the effects of European contact and colonisation during the early 19th century.