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[Lord Sydney before Botany Bay], 14 July 1784 / by James Sayers
[Lord Sydney before Botany Bay], 14 July 1784 / by James Sayers
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Date
London : Jas. Bretherton, 14 July 1784
Call Numbers
P2/533
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Physical Description
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1 print - 17.5 x 11.3 cm plate mark, on paper sheet 22.8 x 15.1 cm - copper engraving
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Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
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Scope and Contents
Contents
This copper engraving published by James Bretherton depicts a middle aged Townshend in 1784, a year after receiving his title. He is standing side on, with one hand resting on his sword and the other holding out his hat, depicting him in the middle of a speech in the Commons.
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Full title
[Lord Sydney before Botany Bay], 14 July 1784 / by James Sayers
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Digital order no:a6964001
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Hordern House, October 2012
Administrative / Biographical history
Thomas Townsend, 1st Viscount Sydney, (1733–1800) was Secretary of State for the Home Department in William Pitt’s government and he recommended the establishment of a penal colony at Botany Bay. In 1788, Governor Arthur Phillip named the convict settlement in Port Jackson Sydney in honour of him. Tommy Townsend was just twenty-one when he entered...
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Call Numbers
P2/533
Record Identifier
92eV8AbY
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/92eV8AbY
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Reference code
1003150
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