7. [Tunny with 14 vertical bars on body and nine yellow dorsal and anal finlets. Similar to Pelamis sarda Cur. & Val., pl. 217]

1. Shark 6ft 8in Commerce de Marseilles, G. Raper July 9 [rest of date overbound. Shark with 9 gill slits]. Signed and dated `G. Raper July 9', 1794

2. Dolphin 4ft 6 [in.] by Geo. Raper 1794 [Coryphaena hippurus Linne]. Signed and dated `Geo. Raper 1794', lower right (partially overbound)

3. [Leather Jacket. Meuschenia trachylepsis (Gunther)]

4. Salmo [Sergeant Baker, Latropiscus milesii (Cur. And Val.)]

5. [Red Gurnard, Currupiscis volucer Whitley]

6. [Roundhead, Paraplesiops bleekeri (Gunther)]

8. [Crimson-banded Parrot Fish, Pseudolabrus gymnogenis (Gunther)]

9. [Elephant Shark, Callorynchus milii Bory.]

10. Fish of Norfolk Island 1/2 Natural Size. Geo. Raper 1790 [Pigfish, Verreo unimaculatus (Gunther)]

11. [A crude drawing, probably not by Raper, apparently representing the Red Gurnard, Corrupiscis volucer Whitley]

12. [Rock Whiting, Neoodax semifasciatus richardsonii (Gunther)]

Collection 23: Australian fishes, 1774-1794 / George Raper, and unknown artist

14. [Unfinished proofs of copper plates, of Palaearctic invertebrates, from Captain Constantine James Phipps' Voyage to the North Pole, 1774.]

15. [Unfinished proofs of copper plates, of Palaearctic invertebrates, from Captain Constantine James Phipps' Voyage to the North Pole, 1774.]

16. [Rainbow Fish, Heteroscarus filamentosus Castelnau]

18. [Schnapper, Chrysophrys guttulatus (Cur. and Val.)]

19. [Brushtailed phaseogale or opossum]. Appears to be the work of another artist.

First Fleet Collection of journals, correspondence and drawings, ca. 1786-1802, held in the Mitchell and Dixson Libraries.

1. Shark 6ft 8in Commerce de Marseilles, G. Raper July 9 [rest of date overbound. Shark with 9 gill slits]. Signed and dated `G. Raper July 9', 1794 lower right (date partially overbound and trimmed?)
This drawing has been dated 1794 on the basis of Raper's service on the Commerce de Marseille from September 1793 to March 1795. 
2. Dolphin 4ft 6 [in.] by Geo. Raper 1794 [Coryphaena hippurus Linne]. Signed and dated `Geo. Raper 1794', lower right (partially overbound)
3. [Leather Jacket. Meuschenia trachylepsis (Gunther)]
4. Salmo [Sergeant Baker, Latropiscus milesii (Cur. And Val.)]
5. [Red Gurnard, Currupiscis volucer Whitley]
6. [Roundhead, Paraplesiops bleekeri (Gunther)]
7. [Tunny with 14 vertical bars on body and nine yellow dorsal and anal finlets. Similar to Pelamis sarda Cur. & Val., pl. 217]
8. [Crimson-banded Parrot Fish, Pseudolabrus gymnogenis (Gunther)]
9. [Elephant Shark, Callorynchus milii Bory.]
10. Fish of Norfolk Island 1/2 Natural Size. Geo. Raper 1790 [Pigfish, Verreo unimaculatus (Gunther)]
Signed and dated `Geo. Raper 1790', lower right
11. [A crude drawing, probably not by Raper, apparently representing the Red Gurnard, Corrupiscis volucer Whitley]
12. [Rock Whiting, Neoodax semifasciatus richardsonii (Gunther)]
13. [Muraenoid eel]
14. [Unfinished proofs of copper plates, of Palaearctic invertebrates, from Captain Constantine James Phipps' Voyage to the North Pole, 1774.]
15. [Unfinished proofs of copper plates, of Palaearctic invertebrates, from Captain Constantine James Phipps' Voyage to the North Pole, 1774.]
16. [Rainbow Fish, Heteroscarus filamentosus Castelnau]
17. [Void]
18. [Schnapper, Chrysophrys guttulatus (Cur. and Val.)]
19. [Brushtailed phaseogale or opossum]. Appears to be the work of another artist.

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