A View in the Harbour of Port Mahon / Phillip Parker King, ca.1810
A View in the Harbour of Port Mahon / Phillip Parker King, ca.1810
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Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1810
Call Numbers
SV/96
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Physical Description
Contents
Drawings - 20 x 30 cm. - (includes border) - 1 watercolour - ink drawing on wove paper
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Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
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Full title
A View in the Harbour of Port Mahon / Phillip Parker King, ca.1810
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
This drawing was executed during King's period in the Mediterranean. Port Mahon, on the island of Minorca, was considered one of the finest natural harbours in the Mediterranean.
Digital order no:a128425
Signature / Inscriptions
Titled on border of image in ink.
Handwritten in pencil at lower right of border, "P.P.K."
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased May 2003
Administrative / Biographical history
Phillip Parker King, naval officer and hydrographer, entered the navy in 1807. He served in the North Sea, the Bay of Biscal, and the Mediterranean over the next six years initially as midshipman on the ship Diana then was promoted to master's mate in 1810. -- Reference: Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol.2, 1788-1850. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne...
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Call Numbers
SV/96
Record Identifier
nmQdkL6n
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nmQdkL6n
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Reference code
423917
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