Samuel Wallis - drawings made during the voyage of H.M.S. Dolphin, 1767
Samuel Wallis - drawings made during the voyage of H.M.S. Dolphin, 1767
Samuel Wallis - drawings made during the voyage of H.M.S. Dolphin, 1767
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1767
Call Numbers
PXD 72
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
Albums - largest 28.4 x 47 cm. (no. 1); smallest 14 x 28.4 cm. (no. 6b); most approx. 16 x 34 cm. - Each drawing is pasted onto backing paper which is pasted onto card and bound into album - 1 album (12 wash drawings)
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
A letter dated 15th Nov. 1920 from Francis Edwards, bookseller, to H. Wright, Mitchell Library, outlining the previous ownership of the drawings, is tipped in at the beginning of the album.
1. A Ground Plan; and Perspective View of the Queens House, at King Georges Island, Lying in Latd: 17:30S and Longitude of 150:00 West from London. This...
Alternative Titles
Full title
Samuel Wallis - drawings made during the voyage of H.M.S. Dolphin, 1767
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 823617...
Signature / Inscriptions
Unless otherwise noted, each work is signed "Saml: Wallis", "Sam: Wallis", or "S: Wallis" and dated 1767 at lower right.
"Oct. 1920" embossed in gilt on inside edge of album back cover
Description source
Each work is titled within a scroll at top centre.
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Francis Edwards Bookseller, London, September 1920
Transferred from D 72, Manuscript Section
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXD 72
Record Identifier
n7oVDLOn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/n7oVDLOn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
422946
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