The Mitchell Library has digitised a circa 1860s linen copy of one of the earliest drawings of early Newcastle when only a fledgling settlement in 1804.  Its creator was artist Ferdinand  Bauer, 1760 – 1826, and the drawing is located in the library’s collections at Call Number  SV1B/Newc/1800-1809/1, and measures 8 1/2 x 15 3/8 … More Ferdinand Bauer 1804 View of Newcastle