Collection 01: Arthur Bowes-Smyth, illustrated journal, 1787-1789. Titled `A Journal of a Voyage fro...
Collection 01: Arthur Bowes-Smyth, illustrated journal, 1787-1789. Titled `A Journal of a Voyage fro...
Collection 01: Arthur Bowes-Smyth, illustrated journal, 1787-1789. Titled `A Journal of a Voyage from Portsmouth to New South Wales and China in the Lady Penrhyn, Merchantman William Cropton Sever, Commander by Arthur Bowes-Smyth, Surgeon - 1787-1788-1789'; being a fair copy compiled ca. 1790
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Full title
Author / Creator
Date
22 March 1787-12 August 1789, compiled ca. 1790
Call Numbers
Safe 1/15
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Manuscripts, Pictures and Drawings
Physical Description
Contents
Textual material (volume, 1 portfolio) - manuscript
25 drawings - watercolour, and pen and ink (disbound)
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Sub-fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Reproduction Restricted
Issue Copy
Digitised
Finding aids
Transcript available online - http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_transcript/2015/D36405/a1085.html
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Alternative Titles
Full title
Collection 01: Arthur Bowes-Smyth, illustrated journal, 1787-1789. Titled `A Journal of a Voyage from Portsmouth to New South Wales and China in the Lady Penrhyn, Merchantman William Cropton Sever, Commander by Arthur Bowes-Smyth, Surgeon - 1787-1788-1789'; being a fair copy compiled ca. 1790
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Digital order no:Album ID : 823394...
Conservation note
The 25 watercolour illustrations had previously been folded and tipped-in to the journal with sealing wax. In 1988 the illustrations were removed and flattened. In 1992 the volume was rebound by Artlab as part of a project sponsored by Reader's Digest.
Published information
This journal has been published in transcription: Paul Fidlon and R.J. Ryan (eds), The journal of Arthur Bowes-Smyth: Surgeon, Lady Penrhyn 1787-1789 (Sydney: Australian Documents Library, 1979. Extracts have been published in Historical records of New South Wales, vol. 2 (Sydney: Government Printer, 1893).
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from Dymocks for 275 pounds, in 1915.
Exhibited in
- Possessed : an exhibition of treasures
- Nelson Meers Foundation Heritage Collection
- UNESCO Six
State Library of New South Wales (4 March - 29 June, 1997)
State Library of New South Wales (Jan 2003 - Mar 2004)
State Library of New South Wales (October, 2018 - May, 2019)
Administrative / Biographical history
Arthur Bowes Smyth (1750-1790), known as Bowes while in the colony, sailed with the First Fleet as Surgeon on board the Lady Penrhyn. He was responsible for the women convicts. The Mitchell Library and British Library versions of Bowes Smyth's journal include the names of women convicts on the Lady Penrhyn, and the names of children. The Mitchell L...
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
Safe 1/15
Record Identifier
nGm4pWoY
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nGm4pWoY
Other Identifiers
Reference code
412747
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