446868
- TitleDrawings by W[illia]m Bligh, Commander of His Majesty's Ship Providence
- Creator
- Call numberSAFE/PXA 565
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Date
1791-1793 - Type of material
- Reference code446868
- Physical DescriptionAlbums - 32 x 21 cm. - 1 album (58 watercolour sketches)
- Scope and Content1. A flying fish 10 inches long
2. A sucking fish 9 inches long
3. A Noddy
4. A Dolphin six feet long / A Pilot fish the size of life
5. The Island St. Paul
6. Cannoe [sic] of Whytootackee - discovered by H.M.S. Bounty
7. A Fish about 4 feet long caught about 40 leag[ue]s to the Eastward of Friendly Isles. It has no scales and small teeth
8. A Sprig of Sea Weed
9-11. The Island of St. Paul
12. Tasmans Head
13. The Gannet of Van Diemans Land
14. An animal shot at Adventure Bay
15. An Albetross [sic]
16. The Wild Parsley of Adventure Bay
17. Sketch of an island
18. Epharre Tuah of Otaheite and Temple Tebbootabooataiah
19. Evattarow or Great Alter [sic]
20. Cavally or Oorooah of Taheite
21. Aioomee 14 inches long
22. Albecore of Otaheite 4 ft 2 inches long
23. Shipjack or Pappeeyou
24. Wigtootackee? The Mound Hill July 24th 1792
25. Lizard of Van Dieman's Land about 18 inches long
26. Small Paroquet of Van Diemans Land
27. A gull of Vandiemans Land
28. [A Blue Wren]
29. [A small bird, possibly a finch]
30. [A Blue Wren]
31. [A small bird, possibly a robin]
32. [A Parrakeet]
33. [A bird]
34. Van Diemans Land Heron
36. Two small brown birds of Van Diemans Land
37a&b. Elephant Fish of Van Diemans Land
38a&b. Mow Tommattah - or Bonnet Shark of Maheite 4 feet long
39. Eraowwah of Otaheite caught in abundance in a Seine?
40-41. Oeeree of Otaheite
42. [A fish, probably Oeeree of Otaheite]
43a&b. Snake found about the Reefs of Otaheite called Eppooee
44a&b. A fish caught in Otaheite, called Aipooee
45. Oh,eeree - of Taheite
46. Spanish Mackrel [sic] of Otaheite - Errigh
47a&b. The Erropai or large Pidgeon of Otaheite
48a&b. Oo-oopah or Otaheite Doves
49. The green Paraques [sic] of Otaheite
50. Mother Careys Chicken or Pairooai of Otaheite
51. The small blue Paroquet of Otaheite called Aiwinnee
52. Tebbootaboo, ataiah
53. A small bird of Timor. Natural size
54. [A sea bird, probably a gull]
55. Humming bird of the Island of Timor
56. Quails of Timor, about half size of life
57. Brown Booby caught to the southward of Cape Deliverance
58. A bird of the gull species caught by hand in Endeaver Straights [sic] - Access Conditions
Access via appointment - Copying ConditionsOut of copyright: Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales - General note
Album titled from flyleaf, in Bligh's handwriting
Folios titled in Bligh's handwriting. Additional handwritten notes expand on some titles
Contents list held with collection and on MLRR reference shelf
Digital order no:Album ID : 823395 - Signatures / Inscriptions
"G.H." -- handwritten in pencil on some images, possibly in Bligh's hand, probably standing for George Holwell. See PXn 10 for further details
"It had a Beak like a Duck - a thick brown coat of Hair, through which the points of numerous Quills of an Inch long projected + were very sharp. It was 17 inches long & walked about 2 Ins. from the Ground. had very small Eyes & fine Claws on each foot - Its mouth was a small opening at the end of the Bill & had a very small tongue" -- inscribed above image after title, f.14
"18.2.1792" -- dated at top left in pencil, f.14 - Subject
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