Collection 01: Arthur Bowes-Smyth, illustrated journal, 1787-1789. Titled `A Journal of a Voyage fro...
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Collection 01: Arthur Bowes-Smyth, illustrated journal, 1787-1789. Titled `A Journal of a Voyage from Portsmouth to New South Wales and China in the Lady Penrhyn, Merchantman William Cropton Sever, Commander by Arthur Bowes-Smyth, Surgeon - 1787-1788-1789'; being a fair copy compiled ca. 1790
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Safe 1/15
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nGm4pWoY
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Collection 01: Arthur Bowes-Smyth, illustrated journal, 1787-1789. Titled `A Journal of a Voyage from Portsmouth to New South Wales and China in the Lady Penrhyn, Merchantman William Cropton Sever, Commander by Arthur Bowes-Smyth, Surgeon - 1787-1788-1789'; being a fair copy compiled ca. 1790
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Collection 01: Arthur Bowes-Smyth, illustrated journal, 1787-1789. Titled `A Journal of a Voyage from Portsmouth to New South Wales and China in the Lady Penrhyn, Merchantman William Cropton Sever, Commander by Arthur Bowes-Smyth, Surgeon - 1787-1788-1789'; being a fair copy compiled ca. 1790
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Author / Creator
Date
22 March 1787-12 August 1789, compiled ca. 1790
Call Numbers
Safe 1/15
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Formats
Manuscripts, Pictures and Drawings
— Physical Description
Contents
Textual material (volume, 1 portfolio) - manuscript
25 drawings - watercolour, and pen and ink (disbound)
— Other Descriptions
Level of description
Sub-fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Reproduction Restricted
Terms of use
Ask a Librarian online or in the reading room.
Issue Copy
Digitised
Finding aids
Transcript available online - http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2015/D36405/a1085.html
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Full title
Collection 01: Arthur Bowes-Smyth, illustrated journal, 1787-1789. Titled `A Journal of a Voyage from Portsmouth to New South Wales and China in the Lady Penrhyn, Merchantman William Cropton Sever, Commander by Arthur Bowes-Smyth, Surgeon - 1787-1788-1789'; being a fair copy compiled ca. 1790
— AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND CONTRIBUTORS
Author / Creator
— NOTES
General note
Three manuscript versions of this journal are known to exist. They are held at the National Library of Australia (believed to be the original version); and the British Library (fair copy). The Mitchell Library version is believed to be a fair copy.
Photocopy available on open access in the Mitchell Library Reading Room at CY Safe 1/15
M...
Conservation note
The 25 watercolour illustrations had previously been folded and tipped-in to the journal with sealing wax. In 1988 the illustrations were removed and flattened. In 1992 the volume was rebound by Artlab as part of a project sponsored by Reader's Digest.
Published information
This journal has been published in transcription: Paul Fidlon and R.J. Ryan (eds), The journal of Arthur Bowes-Smyth: Surgeon, Lady Penrhyn 1787-1789 (Sydney: Australian Documents Library, 1979. Extracts have been published in Historical records of New South Wales, vol. 2 (Sydney: Government Printer, 1893).
— CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION
Source
Purchased from Dymocks for 275 pounds, in 1915.
Exhibited in
Possessed : an exhibition of treasures
Nelson Meers Foundation Heritage Collection
UNESCO Six
Administrative / Biographical history
Arthur Bowes Smyth (1750-1790), known as Bowes while in the colony, sailed with the First Fleet as Surgeon on board the Lady Penrhyn. He was responsible for the women convicts. The Mitchell Library and British Library versions of Bowes Smyth's journal include the names of women convicts on the Lady Penrhyn, and the names of children. The Mitchell L...
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— PRIMARY IDENTIFIERS
Call Numbers
Safe 1/15
Record Identifier
nGm4pWoY
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Reference code
412747