Sketches of H.M.S. Challenger Voyage Around the World, 1872-1874 / B. Shephard
Sketches of H.M.S. Challenger Voyage Around the World, 1872-1874 / B. Shephard
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Date
1872-1874
Call Numbers
PXA 7268
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Physical Description
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1 sketchbook - 240mm x 320mm - ink, watercolour
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Contents
Oblong quarto sketchbook, 1872-1874, consisting of thirty-five ink and watercolour drawings (being one illustrated title page and 34 illustrated pages) by Benjamin Shephard. Illustrations made on the first leg of the H.M.S. Challenger expedition around the world, from Gibraltar on January 26,1873, until the completion of her voyage in the Antarctic...
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Full title
Sketches of H.M.S. Challenger Voyage Around the World, 1872-1874 / B. Shephard
Variant title
Challenger sketchbook
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Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Inscribed the front wrapper verso: “William Gurling. H.M.S. Challenger. Sydney. Australia.”
Object History
Inscribed by William Gurling, H.M.S. Challenger, Sydney. It is not known how he obtained the sketchbook from Shephard. Nor is it known how it travelled to the USA, where it was discovered in 1968, in a Boston bookstore by J. Welles Henderson. It was sold in 2008 by Bourgeault-Horan Antiquarians, August 16, 2008, lot 1049. It was put on the market b...
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Purchased from Hordern House in October 2020
Administrative / Biographical history
Benjamin Shephard (1841-1887) joined the service in 1862 at the age of 20. He was assigned to H.M.S. Challenger on November 15, 1872, as Cooper, at the age of 31. He was promoted and demoted a number of times from Cooper to Coopers’ Crew. The Challenger returned to England in May,1876, and Shephard was transferred to H.M.S. Pembroke on June 12, 187...
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PXA 7268
Record Identifier
9PQ0lLxn
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9PQ0lLxn
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Reference code
9657088
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