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Drawings by W[illia]m Bligh, Commander of His Majesty's Ship Providence
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Drawings by W[illia]m Bligh, Commander of His Majesty's Ship Providence
Call numbers
SAFE/PXA 565
Record identifier
1wN2Pp0n
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Drawings by W[illia]m Bligh, Commander of His Majesty's Ship Providence
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Drawings by W[illia]m Bligh, Commander of His Majesty's Ship Providence
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1791-1793
Call Numbers
SAFE/PXA 565
Record Identifier
Formats
Pictures and Watercolours
— Physical Description
Contents
Albums - 32 x 21 cm. - 1 album (58 watercolour sketches)
— Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Physical Access Conditions
Access to this pictures collection via appointment only. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian
Subjects
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— SCOPE AND CONTENTS
Contents
1. A flying fish 10 inches long
2. A sucking fish 9 inches long
3. A Noddy
4. A Dolphin six feet long / A Pilot fish the size of life
5. The Island St. Paul
6. Cannoe [sic] of Whytootackee - discovered by H.M.S. Bounty
7. A Fish about 4 feet long caught about 40 leag[ue]s to the Eastward of Friendly Isles. It has no scales and sma...
— ALTERNATIVE TITLES
Full title
Drawings by W[illia]m Bligh, Commander of His Majesty's Ship Providence
— AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND CONTRIBUTORS
Author / Creator
— NOTES
General note
Album titled from flyleaf, in Bligh's handwriting
Folios titled in Bligh's handwriting. Additional handwritten notes expand on some titles
Contents list held with collection and on MLRR reference shelf
Digital order no:Album ID : 823395
Signature / Inscriptions
"G.H." -- handwritten in pencil on some images, possibly in Bligh's hand, probably standing for George Holwell. See PXn 10 for further details
"It had a Beak like a Duck - a thick brown coat of Hair, through which the points of numerous Quills of an Inch long projected + were very sharp. It was 17 inches long & walked about 2 Ins. from the Groun...
— CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION
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Matthew Flinders : The Ultimate Voyage
Identifiers
— PRIMARY IDENTIFIERS
Call Numbers
SAFE/PXA 565
Record Identifier
1wN2Pp0n
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— OTHER IDENTIFIERS
Reference code
446868
