• Title
  Sketchbook of studies of ships and scenes in Chile and New Zealand, ca. 1834-1836 / drawn by Conrad Martens
• Creator
  Conrad Martens, 1801-1878
• Call number
  DL PX 13
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1834-1836
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings
• Reference code
  825877
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 sketchbook - 16 x 10 cm - 43 leaves of pencil drawings with 12 pp. of manuscript notes
  
• Scope and Content
  A pocket inside the front cover contains a paper fragment on which is a study of a ship, and also a visiting card with the name ‘Edward Vischer’ in ink on one side and 'John Searle Esq - Valparaiso' in pencil on the other.
  
  [Front endpaper. Notes.]
  f.1 [Unfinished studies.] Unsigned. Undated; dated from mss. notes which appear to have been written in South America. Untitled. Studies of two ships and a figure interspersed with notes and figures.
  f.1 verso [Unfinished topographical studies.]
  f.2 [Two studies of donkeys.] Unsigned. Undated; dated from other drawings in same book. Untitled.
  f.2 verso [Measurements of the vessel Black Warrior.]
  f.3 [Study of three ships at anchor.] Unsigned. Undated; dated from other drawings in same book. Untitled.
  f.3 verso [blank]
  f.4 [Study for landscape with ship]. Unsigned. Undated; dated from other drawings in same book. Untitled.
  f.4 verso [Figure studies.]
  f.5 Enormous plant at Valparaiso. Unsigned. Undated; dated from time Martens spent in Chile. Titled across centre of drawing with other pencil notes on page.
  f.5 verso [Unfinished studies of ship and horse’s head.]
  f.6 [Study of carretas.] Unsigned. Undated; dated from time Martens spent in Chile. Untitled. At lower centre under the drawing is a faint study of an ox head. (f.6 leaf is bound between f.19 and f.20)
  f.6 verso [Unfinished sketches.] (f.6 leaf is bound between f.19 and f.20)
  f.7 [Studies of horses’ heads and hindquarters.] Unsigned. Undated; dated from other drawings in same book. Untitled.
  f.8 H.M.S. Beagle. Unsigned. Dated ‘Sept 1./34-‘ following title at upper right.
  f.9 1834 - Sept. 2 - Valparaiso [study of two ships]. Unsigned.
  f.9 verso [Studies of ships.]
  f.10 [Studies of ships.] Unsigned. Undated; dated from other drawings in same book. Untitled.
  f.10 verso [Studies of ships with a note reading ‘Note / When vessels are drying sails the yards are not hoisted.’]
  f.11 [Studies of ships.] Unsigned. Undated; dated from other drawings in same book. Untitled.
  f.11 verso [Studies of ships.]
  f.12 [Studies of ships.] Unsigned. Undated; dated from other drawings in same book. Untitled.
  f.13 Quebrada Verde. Unsigned. Dated ‘Oct 12’ at lower right; dated from time Martens spent in Chile. Title precedes date.
  f.14 [Study of ships.] Unsigned. Undated; dated from other drawings in same book. Untitled.
  f.14 verso [Study of a plant with notes about colour.]
  f.15 [Study of ship.] Unsigned. Undated; dated from other drawings in same book. Untitled.
  f.15 verso [Notes concerning cloud formations at sunset.]
  f.16 Quebrada Elias, Valparaiso. Unsigned. Undated; dated from time Martens spent in Chile. Titled in lower right corner.
  f.16 verso [Study of a ship at sea with extensive notes about light dated ‘Decr 24.’]
  f.17 [Continuation of notes about light and colour.]
  f.17 verso H.M.S. Beagle, Valparaiso [3 studies]. Unsigned. Dated ‘Nov 10 1834’ following title.
  f.18 [Notes of the voyage from Valparaiso to Tahiti.] Dated Dec. 3 to 9, [1834].
  f.18 verso [Short note and sketch.]
  f.19 [Notes of the voyage from Valparaiso to Tahiti.] Dated Dec. 10 to 27, [1834].
  f.19 verso [Note about Ambrose Island.] Dated Dec. 6, [1834].
  (f.6 leaf is bound between f.19 and f.20)
  f.20 [Cloud study with notes about light and colour.] Unsigned. Undated; dated from other drawings in same book. Untitled.
  f.20 verso [Notes of the voyage.] Dated Dec. 30, [1834].
  f.21 [Notes of the voyage.] Dated Dec. 28, [1834] to Jan. 11, [1835].
  f.21 verso [Sketch of sea and sky with notes of the voyage from Tahiti in the Black Warrior.] Dated March 4 to 6, 1835. Untitled.
  f.22 [Notes of the voyage from Tahiti to New Zealand.] Dated [March] 10 to 14, [1835].
  f.22 verso [Study of ships with notes of the voyage to New Zealand.] Dated [March] 15 to April 4, [1835].
  f.23 [Maori canoe.] Unsigned. Undated; dated from other drawings in same book. Untitled. Note at lower right concerning colour and decoration and further note above reading ‘Mr John Cox. 104 Pitt Street Sydney.‘
  f.23 verso New Zealand [studies of sailing craft and birds]. Unsigned. Undated; dated from other drawings in same book.
  f.24 [Faint sketch of seated figure.]
  f.24 verso [Grades of shading.]
  f.25 South Head, Port Jackson. Unsigned. Dated ‘April 17, 1835’ at upper right with descriptive notes. Probably one of the first sketches Martens did in Australia.
  f.25 verso [upside down] The sugar loaf, looking into the Bay of Islands. Unsigned. Undated; dated from other drawings in book. Titled at upper right with descriptive notes.
  f.26 The Sugar loaf, looking out at the Cavelle Islands. Unsigned. Dated ‘April 8, /35.’ Titled at upper right.
  f.26 verso [Notes.] Sydney, June 24 [faint accounts]. Kororarika [word only].
  f.27 [Native sailing vessel.] Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.28 [blank]
  f.28 verso [Sailing ship]. Unsigned. Undated. Untitled.
  f.29 [blank]
  f.30 [blank]
  f.31 [blank]
  f.32 [blank]
  f.33 [blank]
  f.34 [blank]
  f.35 [blank]
  f.36 [blank]
  f.37 [Government House, Sydney.] Unsigned. Undated. Untitled. Second Government House construction began in September 1836.
  f.37 verso Sam, painting a bucket. Unsigned. Undated. Titled beneath drawing. At upper right there is a note reading, ‘Black Warrior April 4th /35’ which probably refers to the ship on which Martens left Valparaiso.
  [Back endpaper. Computations and initials.]
  
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Description source
  
  SLNSW Mitchell Library Pictures Card Catalogue
• Variant title
  
  Martens Sketch Book 4
• General note
  
  Digital order no:a2369001
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Label in Sir William Dixon’s hand: “Martens Sketch Book 4” -- cover
• Name
  Black Warrior (Ship)
  Beagle (Ship)
  
• Subject
  Martens, Conrad, 1801-1878--Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
  
• Topic
  canoes
  ships
  horsedrawn carts
  bays
  
• Place
  South America
  Tahiti (French Polynesia : Island).
  Valparaíso (Chile)
  Government House (Sydney, N.S.W.)
  Islands, Bay of (N.Z.)
  South Head (N.S.W.)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Charles Darwin: voyages and ideas that shook the world
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE15929531

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