The National Art Gallery of N.S.W. (bookplate pasted at centre)

Owen Stanley - Voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake : Vol. I

Contents list compiled by Library Officer, pre 1967. Numbers 93 & 103 wanting.
[i] Emblem of H.M.S. Rattlesnake. Watercolour. Unsigned. Untitled. Pasted inside front endpaper.
[ii] The National Art Gallery of N.S.W. (bookplate pasted at centre) ;  "Mr. Wright./ I am sending over to you by your messenger to-day the Volume of sketches by Commander Owen Stanley when on the Rattlesnake. This, as I think you know, has been transferred from the National Art Gallery. / C.R. / 2/8/27"  (typescript note attached to head of page)
f.1 First view of the Rattlesnake. Watercolour. 6 1/8" x 8 3/4". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount. On reverse in ink "My first introduction to H.M.S. Rattlesnake" and unfinished pencil sketch of a rattlesnake.
f.2 Fitting out at Portsmouth, Novr. 1846. Watercolour 6 1/2" x 10 1/4". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount. "Fitting out at Portsmouth, November 1846" in ink on reverse.
f.3 A rattlesnake. Pencil drawing. 4 1/4" x 6 1/4". Unsigned. Untitled.
f.4 H.M.S. Rattlesnake, leaving Port Essington, Novr 17th, 1848. Watercolour. 4 1/4" x 7 3/4". Signed lower left corner 'Oswald W. Brierly' in ink. Titled in ink on mount.
f.5 Contour map of Madeira, showing Funchal. Ink Drawing. 9 3/4" x 12". Unsigned. Titled 'Madeira' in ink upper right corner.
f.6 The Pursuit of Science under adverse circumstances on the Pice dos Bodes, Madeira, Dec 23/46. Watercolour. 4 3/8" x 7 1/4". Unsigned. Titled as above in ink, upper right corner.
f.7 Dec.23. 1846. Madeira. Pass of the Curral. Ink and wash. 4 3/8" x 7 1/4". Unsigned. Titled in ink upper right corner.
f.8 Dec 23/46. Pico dos Bodes, Madeira. Ink and wash. 4 3/8" x 6 7/8". Unsigned. Titled in ink upper right corner.
f.9 Maria, Mr. Veitch's servant, in her Sunday costume. 1846. Watercolour. 6 1/2" x 4 3/8". Unsigned. Titled 'Maria, Mr. Veitch's servant, Madeira, in her Sunday-costume' in ink lower left corner.
f.10 Leaving Madeira Dec. 26, 1846. Watercolour. 6 1/2" x 10 3/8". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.
f.11 Becalmed near the Line- "Hands to bathe". 1846. Watercolour. 7 1/8" x 10 3/8". Unsigned. Titled as above in pencil on mount and in ink on reverse.
f.12 Cescovado ? Rio Janeiro. 1847. Sepia Watercolour. 4 1/8" x 6". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.
f.13 Coffee plantation, Rio Janeiro. 1847. Watercolour. 6 3/8" x 9 3/4". Unsigned. Titled as above in pencil on mount. On reverse in ink "Coffee plantation, Rio Janeiro 1847".
f.14 The Cape, March 31, 47. Watercolour. 4 1/4" x 7 1/4". Unsigned. Titled as above in ink, upper right corner, and in pencil on mount 'The true Cape Formentosa from the heights above.'
f.15 Hills to the north of the Cape of Good Hope. 1847. Watercolour. 4 1/4" x 7 1/8". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.
f.16 Cape point which only half the party got to, March 31, 1847. Watercolour. 4 3/8" x 7 1/4. Unsigned. Titled in ink in upper right corner.
f.17 House at Constantia, Cape of Good Hope. 1847. Pencil and sepia wash. 4" x 6". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.
f.18 Peter Bottle, Mauritius. 1847. Watercolour. 6 5/8" x 9 3/4". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount. On reverse in ink "The Peter Bottle, Mauritius".
f.19 Country scene, Mauritius. 1847. Pencil & wash. 4 1/4" x 7 1/4". Unsigned. Titled 'Mauritius' in pencil on mount.
f.20 The Peter Bottle Mountain, Mauritius. 1847. Pencil & wash. 4 3/8" x 7 1/4". Unsigned. Titled 'Mauritius' in pencil on mount. Identified from watercolour of the same scene at f.22
f.21 Col Lloyd's lawn, Mauritius. 1847. Watercolour. 4 3/8" x 7 3/8". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.
f.22 The Peter Bottle, Mauritius, at sunset. 1847. Watercolour. 6 5/8" x 10 1/2". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.
f.23 Mauritius. 1847. Watercolour. 4 3/8" x 7 1/8". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.
f.24 Mrs. Lloyd's postman, Mauritius, May, 1847.Watercolour. Unsigned. Titled in ink on bottom of picture.
f.25 Tamarind Palls, Mauritius. 1847. Watercolour. 6 3/8" x 9 1/2". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.
f.26 Govett's Leap, Australia, ? miles west of Sydney. 1847. Watercolour sketch. 7" x 10 1/2". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.  On reverse in ink "Govett's Leap, Australia" and below it in pencil "On the Blue Mountains 70 or 80 miles West of Sydney".
f.27 Sketch in Middle Harbour, Sydney. 1847. Pencil and wash. 7" x 10". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.
f.28 Picnic party, Sydney. 1847. 2 sketches on one sheet, one pencil and wash, and one pencil. 10 1/4" x 7 1/8". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.
f.29 The ball after returning from the picnic party. 1847. Watercolour. 6" x 9  5/8". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.
f.30 Entrance to public stables, Melbourne. 1847. Sepia sketch. 3 5/8" x 6 1/4". Unsigned. Titled in pencil
f.31 Southerly buster, Sydney. 1847. Watercolour. 7 1/4" x 8 3/8". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.
f.32 Scene on a river, Watercolour sketch. 7 1/8" x 10 7/8". Unsigned. Untitled.
f.33 The Jetty at Geelong, Port Philip. 1847. Watercolour. 4 1/4" x 7 1/8". Unsigned. Titled as above in pencil on mount.
f.34 Crossing the Kyerr flats, Twofold Bay, Sept.24/47. Watercolour. 4 1/8" x 7 1/2". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.
f.35 The town of Eden. 1847. Watercolour. 4" x 7 5/8". Unsigned. Title printed  in pencil lower right corner, and in pencil in upper right corner is written 'Eden as it is'.
f.36 A Town house in Eden. 1847. Watercolour. 4" x 7 3/8". Unsigned. Title in pencil upper right corner and lower left corner. Also in pencil on mount.
f.37 Country scene. 1847. Pencil sketch. 7 1/8" x 10 5/8". Unsigned. Untitled.
f.38 Bush scene. c1847. Sepia wash. 7 1/8" x 10 ". Unsigned. Untitled.
f.39 A Country house, Eden. 1847. Sepia sketch. 4" x 7 5/8". Unsigned. Titled in pencil upper right corner.
f.40 Jetty, East Boyd, Sept.1847. 1847. Watercolour. 7" x 10 1/2". Unsigned. Titled in pencil along bottom of view.
f.41 The Jetty at Launceston. 1848. Watercolour. 4 1/4" x 6 3/4". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.
f.42 Lighthouse, George Town, V.D.L. Feby 27, 1848. Watercolour. 7" x 10 1/2".  Unsigned. Titled in pencil along bottom of picture.
f.43 Light house, Swan Island. 1848. Pen drawing. 5 3/8" x 9" measured inside ruled line along bottom. 5 3/4" x 9" measured outside. Signed 'Owen Stanley' in ink lower right corner. Titled in ink below ruled line.
f.44 A Country house, Geelong. 1848. Watercolour. 4 1/4" x 6 1/2" Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.
f.45 Scene showing a mountain stream with men fishing. pencil sketch. 6 " x 9 1/2". Unsigned. Untitled. Mount signed with initials 'W.J? S.P.'
f.46 Native huts or Ganyas. Twofold Bay. 1847. Pencil and watercolour sketch. 4 1/8" x 7 1/8". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.
f.47 Pilot station, Amity Point, Moreton Bay, Oct.24, 1847. Watercolour. 7 1/8" x 10 3/8". Unsigned. Titled in pencil lower left corner.
f.48 The excavation on Gabo Island, Cape Howe, to fine solid ground for the foundation of a light house. 1848. Watercolour. 4 1/8" x 7 1/2" Unsigned. Titled as above in pencil on mount.
f.49 Gum trees near Sydney, c.1847-48. Sepia sketch. 10" x 6 1/2" Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.
f.50 The boats of H.M.S. Rattlesnake starting for a picnic, c.1847-48. Watercolour. 6 1/8" x 9 1/4". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.
f.51 Picnic party, c. 1847-48. Watercolour sketch. 7" x 10 1/8". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.
f.52. Returning from a picnic by moonlight, c.1847-48. Sepia sketch. 4 3/8" x 6 3/8". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.
f.53 Sydney regatta, Jan. 1848, the 68th anniversary of the foundation of the colony. Watercolour. 6 1/2" x 10". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.
f.54 A ruined mill near Sydney which by some legal quibble ensures a certain property to its present owner so long as the wreck of the mill continues to stand. c.1847-48. Sepia sketch. 7 1/4" x 5 1/2". Unsigned. Titled as above in pencil on mount.
f.55 Hut near Sydney. c1847-48. Sepia sketch. 7" x 10 1/4". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.
f.56 Slab hut near Sydney, c.1847-48. Sepia sketch. 6" x 10". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.
f.57 Slab hut, Gabo Island. 1848. Sepia sketch. 4" x 7 3/8". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.
f.58 H.M.S. Bramble on the patent slip system. 1848. Watercolour. 4 1/4" x 7 1/4". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.
f.59 Preparations for raising the Bramble after she had been sunk for a week to destroy the cockroaches. Feb.1848. Watercolour. 6 3/8" x 6 1/2". Unsigned. Titled as above in pencil on mount.
f.60 H.M.S. Rattlesnake & Bramble starting with their boats ---? 1847-48. Watercolour. 6 1/4" x 10". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.
f.61 Ship, possibly the Rattlesnake, in a storm, c.1847-48. Pencil and grey wash. 8" x 10 3/8". Unsigned. Untitled.
f.62 Breakfast Creek - Capt Wickhams Moreton Bay. 1848. Watercolour. 4 1/4" x 6 3/4". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.
f.63 Native huts, Moreton,Island, Sep.5, 1848. Sepia Watercolour. 6 1/2" x 6 5/8". Unsigned. Titled in pencil lower left corner. Titled in pencil on mount 'Native huts - Moreton Bay'
f.64 The Harbour masters boats crew in a mess, Moreton Bay. 1848. Watercolour.  7" x 10 1/2". Unsigned. Titled in pencil at bottom of picture. On reverse an unfinished pencil sketch of coastline.
f.65 Tam 0 Shanter, May 5, 1848, A.M. Watercolour. 6 3/4" x 10". Unsigned. Titled in pencil at bottom of view. On reverse in ink "The vessel in which Mr. Kennedy and his party were sent up to Rockingham Bay"
f.66 Landing Kennedy's horses from the Tam o'Shanter in Rockingham Bay, May, 1848. Watercolour. 6 3/8" x 9 3/4" Unsigned. Titled in ink on back of picture.
f.67 Kennedy's first camp, May 25, 1848. Watercolour. 6 7/8" x 10". Unsigned. Titled in pencil along bottom of picture.
f.68 Mr. Kennedy's first camp, May 1848, Rockingham Bay. 1848. Watercolour. 7"  x 10 3/8". Unsigned. Titled in ink on back of picture.
f.69 Jetty boat swamped when towed to catch sea birds. c.1848. Watercolour. 4 1/2" x 6 1/2". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.
f.70 Whales amusing themselves to the great astonishment of Mr. Brown and the second Gallies crew - Torres Straits. 1848-49. Watercolour. 6 1/4" x 9 5/8". Unsigned. Titled in ink on back, with pencilled note 'Not at all exaggerated. I have seen the very same thing. Phillip P. King'.
f.71 Trying down the whale. c. 1848-49. Watercolour. 4 1/4" x 7 1/2". Unsigned. Titled in pencil upper right corner and along lower edge of view.
f.72 Killing the whale, c. 1848-49. Watercolour. 4 1/8" x 7 1/2". Unsigned. Titled in pencil upper and lower right corners.
f.73 Flensing the whale. c.1848-49. Watercolour. 4" x 7 3/8". Unsigned. Titled in pencil upper and lower right corners.
f.74 "Worose", Mt. Ernest Island, Torres Straits. c.1849. Watercolour. 7" x 10 3/8". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.
f.75 Trees at Cape Upstart. c.1849. Watercolour. 7" x 10 3/8". Unsigned. Titled in ink on verso and in pencil below 'Pandanus (species of)'. Pencil title on mount 'Grass ? trees'
f.76 H.M.S. Bramble holding on in a heavy gale off the entrance of the Brisbane River, Moreton Bay. c.1848-49. Watercolour. 6 1/4" x 9 7/8". Unsigned. Titled in ink on back.
f.77 View of a ship. Pencil drawing touched with watercolour. 3 1/2" x 5 1/4". Unsigned. Untitled.
f.78 Tam 0 Shanter, May 5, 1848. Watercolour. Unsigned. Titled in pencil lower left corner.
f.79 Asps long boat washed away in Torres Straits. 1849. Watercolour. 6 1/4" x 9 3/4". Unsigned. Titled in ink on verso. On reverse an unfinished pencil sketch of harbour scene.
f.80 Quarter Boat. Watercolour. 6 3/4" x 10 1/8". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.
f.81 Brass Howitzer. Watercolour. 4 3/4" x 6 7/8". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.
f.82 Canoes, Evans Bay, C[ape] York. Nov.1849. 1849. Watercolour. 7 1/8" x l0 3/8" Signed 'Owen Stanley' lower right corner. Titled in pencil along lower  edge of view.
f.83 Landing place, Port Essington, 1848. Watercolour 7" x 10 3/8". Signed 'Owen Stanley' in pencil lower right corner. Titled in pencil on view.
f.84 Trading with the natives at Coral Haven, June 1849. Watercolour. 6 1/4" x 9 1/2". Signed 'Owen Stanley' in pencil lower right corner. Titled in pencil as above upper left corner, and note in pencil on mount and on reverse  in ink `H.M.S. Rattlesnake bartering with native canoes off the Pig Island, Louisiade Archipelago, June, 1849'. On reverse an unfinished sketch of a ship.
f.85 Surveying party at work. Watercolour. 7" x 9 5/8". Unsigned. Untitled.
f.86 Canoes, Chaumont Island, Coral Haven, 1849. Watercolour. 6 1/2" x 10". Signed 'Owen Stanley' in pencil lower right corner. Titled in pencil at top of view.
f.87 Rossel Island canoe, June 1849, Coral Haven. Watercolour. 7 1/8" x l0 3/8". Signed 'Owen Stanley' in pencil lower right corner. Titled in pencil lower edge of view and on mount.
f.88 Watering place. Browns Creek, Coral Haven. 1849. Watercolour. 5 3/4" x 8 1/4". Signed 'Owen Stanley' lower right corner. Titled in pencil on mount. 
f.89 Native huts, Evans Bay, C[ape] York, Novr. 1849. Watercolour. 7 1/8" x 10 1/4". Signed 'Owen Stanley' in pencil lower right corner. Titled in pencil along upper edge of view.
f.90 Village, Chaumont Island, Louisiade, 1849. Watercolour. 6 5/8" x 9 3/4". Signed 'Owen Stanley' in pencil lower right corner. Titled in pencil along upper edge of view.
f.91 New Guinea. 1849. Watercolour. 7" x 10 1/4". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.
f.92 Grave, Mount Ernest, Torres Straits. 1849. Watercolour 10 1/4" x 7". Unsigned. Titled in pencil on mount.
f.93 HMS Rattlesnake getting under way in Torres Straits [wanting]
f.94 Torres Strait, Dec. 20, 1848. Watercolour. 5 5/8" x 9 3/4". Unsigned. Titled in pencil lower right corner of view.
f.95 The Waratau [i.e. Waratah], bush flower at Sydney, one third the natural size. Watercolour. 9 3/4" x 7". Unsigned. Titled as above in pencil on mount.
f.96 Dance, Brumi Island, New Guinea, 1849.Watercolour. 7 1/8" x 10 3/8". Signed 'Owen Stanley' lower right corner in pencil. Titled in pencil upper right corner. On reverse, a pencil sketch of a native necklace.
f.97 Temporary beacon on No.7 Chaumont. 1849. Watercolour. 7 1/8" x 10 3/8". Signed 'Owen Stanley' in pencil lower right corner. Titled in pencil along lower edge of view.
f.98 New Guinea & Louisiade spears, 1849.Watercolour. 10 3/4" x 7". Signed '0wen Stanley' in pencil lower right corner. Titled in pencil along upper edge.
f.99 Implements used by people of New Guinea, from Bramble, 1849. Pencil and sepia, touched with blue. 10 3/8" x 7". Signed 'Owen Stanley' in pencil along upper edge.
f.100 1849. Weapons used by natives of Coral Haven, drawn to scale, June 28. 1849. Pencil drawing touched with watercolour. 10 3/8" x 7". Signed 'Owen Stanley' lower right corner in pencil. Titled in pencil along lower edge, on mount and in ink on reverse `Weapons obtained from natives of Pig and Peine Islands, Coral Haven, June 1849'.
f.101 Brumer Island, New Guinea, 1849. Pencil and watercolour. 10 3/8" x 7". Signed 'O. Stanley' in pencil lower right corner. Titled in pencil along upper edge.
f.102 Canoe ornaments, Louisiade & New Guinea, 1849. Pencil and Watercolour. 10 1/4" x 7". Signed 'Owen Stanley' in pencil lower right corner. Titled in pencil along upper edge.
f.103 Implements & ornaments Coral Haven, Louisiade Archipelago, June 1847. 1. Bottle formed of a gourd covered with grass plait. 2. A sort of castanet used apparently to keep time by shaking it against the knee the other end is used for conveying chanam [?] to the mouth. 3. A comb of tortoiseshell. 4. A braclet formed of the lower human jaw worn generally above the elbow. [wanting]
f.104 Native basket & necklace, Barnard Islands, June 6, 1849. Pencil and Watercolour. 7" x 10 3/8". Unsigned. Titled in pencil along lower edge.
f.105 Canoe, Fitzroy Island, 1849. Pencil and sepia. 7" x lO 3/8". Signed 'Owen Stanley' in pencil lower right corner. Titled in pencil along lower edge.
f.106 Figure head of a canoe, Coral Haven, Louisiade Archipelago, drawn to scale from the original in my possession. 1849. Watercolour. 7" x 10 1/4". Signed 'Owen Stanley' in pencil lower right corner. Titled as above in ink on verso, and along lower edge of view in pencil 'Coral Haven canoe, June 19, 1849'.
f.107 Canoe, Darnley Island, December, 1849. Watercolour. 6" x 9 1/4". Signed 'Owen Stanley' in pencil lower right corner. Titled in pencil along lower edge.
f.108 Canoe of Torres Straits. 1850. Watercolour. 9 3/8" x 13". Signed and dated 'O.W. Brierly 1850' in ink lower left corner. Titled in ink along lower edge of view.
f.109 The sperm whale. Three pencil sketches on one sheet. 10 1/2 x 7 1/8". Unsigned. Titled in pencil along upper edge.
f.110 Sounding winch. Pencil drawing touched with watercolour 6 1/2" x 4 3/4". Signed 'Owen Stanley' in pencil lower right
f.111 The Tasmanian college near Launceston. c.1848. Pencil sketch. 7 1/8" x 10 3/8". Unsigned. Titled in ink on verso. [Christ College, Longford, Tasmania]
f.112 View of a ship: H.M.S. Rattlesnake. Ink Drawing. 6 7/8" x 6 1/4". Unsigned. Untitled.
f.113 Ships a anchor at Fort Macquarie. Ink drawing. 8 7/8" x 12". Unsigned. Untitled.
f.114 View of a ship from the deck. Watercolour. 6 3/4" x 10". Unsigned. Untitled.
f.115 View on the deck of a ship. Watercolour. 6 1/2" x 10". Unsigned. Untitled.
f.116 Three ships: H.M.S. Rattlesnake, Bramble, Asp. Watercolour. 4 1/8" x 6 7/8". Unsigned. Untitled.
f.117 H.M.S. Bramble, Moreton Bay, Nov.4, 1847. Watercolour. 4 1/8" x 7". Unsigned. Titled in pencil along lower edge.
f.118(a) The Pinnace. Watercolour. 2 3/8" x 3 1/2". Unsigned. Titled in ink on verso.
f.118(b) In Thos Mitchells house, Sydney Harbour. Sepia wash. 2 1/4" x 3 3/8". Unsigned. Titled in ink on verso.
f.118(c) The Water police schooner. Sepia wash. 2 1/4" x 3 1/8". Unsigned. Titled in ink on verso.
f.118(d) Bradleys Head, Sydney. Sepia wash. 2" x 3". Unsigned. Titled in ink on verso.
f.119 The Fortress, Port Essington. c.1848-49. Watercolour. 7" x 10 1/4". Unsigned. Titled in ink on verso.
f.120 Landscape showing a hut and a mountain. Watercolour. 6 1/2" x 10 1/8". Unsigned. Untitled.
f.121 Mountain landscape. Watercolour. 6 3/4" x 9 7/8". Unsigned. Untitled.
f.122 Three people outside a building and a bush. Two pencil sketches on one sheet. 10 3/8" x 7 1/8". Unsigned. Untitled.
f.123 The Surveyor General of Mauritius attempting in vain to serve a process of ejectment on a marine occupant by a judges order & being instructed how to do the same by naval officer. 1847. Ink drawing. 4 3/8" x 7 1/4". Unsigned. Titled in ink along lower edge of view.
f.124 Country scene with a windmill. Watercolour. 3 3/8" x 5 3/8" measured inside mount. Unsigned. Untitled.
f.125 Two ships at anchor off shore. Pencil sketch. 7 1/8" x 10l Unsigned. Untitled.
f.126 Crossing the line, 1847 : scene on board ship. 1847. Ink and watercolour. 7 1/8" x 10 1/2". Unsigned. Titled in ink on verso. On reverse an unfinished pencil sketch.

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