[Portrait of] Captain R.C. Morgan, Missionary ship "John Williams", ca. 1850 / engraving by J. Cochr...
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[Portrait of] Captain R.C. Morgan, Missionary ship "John Williams", ca. 1850 / engraving by J. Cochr...
[Portrait of] Captain R.C. Morgan, Missionary ship "John Williams", ca. 1850 / engraving by J. Cochran from a painting by H. Room
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1850
Call Numbers
P2/508
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 print - 22.2 x 14.3 cm - engraving
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
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Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
A head and torso portrait of Captain R.C. Morgan holding a telescope.
Alternative Titles
Full title
[Portrait of] Captain R.C. Morgan, Missionary ship "John Williams", ca. 1850 / engraving by J. Cochran from a painting by H. Room
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Digital order no:a4583001
Signature / Inscriptions
'Painted by H. Room. Engraved by J. Cochran' printed underneath portrait
Date note
Date taken from Hordern House, Australian Portraits, May 2010, no. 35
Description source
Title taken from engraving
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Hordern House, Australian Portraits, May 2010, no. 35
Administrative / Biographical history
Robert Clark Morgan brought the first settlers to South Australia in the Duke of York in 1836. While whaling in the Pacific he became interested in the work of the London Missionary Society in Tahiti and Samoa and subsequently commanded the Society's ships Camden and John Williams. He died in 1864.
Reference:
MLMSS 7336
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
P2/508
Record Identifier
Yj7dVg49
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/Yj7dVg49
Other Identifiers
Reference code
900968
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