• Title
  Episodes in the exploration of Borneo by H.M.S. Iris in 1846: a series of drawings / by H. Martens, based on sketches by Captain [Sir George Rodney] Mundy; with related sketches by Lieutenant Leopold Heath and others
• Creator
  H. Martens
  Leopold Heath
• Call number
  DGB 2
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1846
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings
• Reference code
  844092
• Physical Description
  1 portfolio (4 wash drawings and 6 watercolours)
  
• Scope and Content
  Contents:
  1. Attack on the boats of H.M.S. Iris by the Illanoon Pirates in Pandassan River. 10 August, 1846. H. Martens from a sketch by Captain Mundy. Wash drawing.
  
  2. Capture of Hadji Samman's forts in the Mambacoot River by the boats of the Iris and Phlegethon and Native Allies. 16 August, 1846. Drawn by H. Martens from a sketch by Captain Mundy. Wash drawing [reproduced in 'Narrative of events in Borneo and Celebes, down to the occupation of Labuan' / from the journals of James Brooke, together with a narrative of the operations of H.M.S. Iris, by Capt. Rodney Mundy ; with numerous plates, maps, charts and woodcuts, Vol. 2, opposite p. 222]
  
  3. Attack on the boats of H.M.S. Iris and H.M.S. Phlegethon by the wild Dyaks in the Mambacoot River. 17 August, 1846. H. Martens from a sketch by Captain Mundy. Wash drawing [reproduced in Mundy, Vol. 2, opposite p. 227]
  
  4. Captain Mundy's visit to the Sultan at the Capital to conclude a treaty for the cession of Labuan. 18 December, 1846. H. Martens from a sketch by Captain Mundy. Wash drawing [reproduced as frontispiece in Mundy, Vol. 2]
  
  5a. The Expeditionary Force (Seamen and Marines 500 strong) under the orders of Captain Mundy accompanied by Mr Brooke in march for the Sultan's position at Damuan in the interior of Borneo in July 1846. Watercolour [in pencil: 'Verandah of the Sultan's House at Damuan, Mr Brooke and Captain Mundy']
  
  5b. [Reverse of 5a as text] The Expeditionary Force (Seamen and Marines 500 strong) under the orders of Captain Mundy accompanied by Mr Brooke in march for the Sultan's position at Damuan in the interior of Borneo in July 1846. Watercolour [in pencil: 'Verandah of the Sultan's House at Damuan, Mr Brooke and Captain Mundy']
  
  6a. Head Quarters of the Expeditionary Force under the orders of Captain Mundy at Maloot in the interior of Borneo in July 1846. Watercolour.
  
  6b. [Reverse of 6a. as text] Head Quarters of the Expeditionary Force under the orders of Captain Mundy at Maloot in the interior of Borneo in July 1846. Watercolour.
  
  7. Hoisting the British Flag on the Island of Labuan, Borneo. 24 December, 1846. Lieutenant Leopold Heath delivering in the Malay tongue Captain Mundy's address to the Native Chiefs. Watercolour. [ Signed in lower right hand corner 'E Forbes']
  
  8. Hoisting the British Flag on the Island of Labuan, Borneo, 24 December, 1846. Watercolour.
  
  9. 'The Pool' at the coal seam Labuan 19 February, 1847. Watercolour [in pencil in another hand: 'Discovered by Acting Com' Heath. Drawn by Lieutenant Heath'. Reproduced in Mundy, Vol. 2, opposite p. 348]
  
  10. Pt. Pasley Labuan March 1847. Watercolour [in pencil in another hand: 'The Is of Labuan off the Coast of Borneo proper was taken Possession of by Capt Mundy Dec 24 1846']
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales
• Description source
  
  Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009
• General note
  
  Some of the drawings, as noted above are reproduced in George Rodney Mundy, 'Narrative of events in Borneo and the Celebes', 1848.
  
  Sketches sourced from Christie's catalogue, 16 June 1961, Item 3.
  
  Keyword subjects:
  
  Forbes, E.
  Mundy, George Rodney, Sir
  Pandassan River
  Phlegethon (ship)
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  The drawings, all except No. 7, are unsigned. Nos. 1-4 are noted on the back as being by H. Martens from sketches by George Rodney Mundy.
  All are titled, mainly on the back, in what seems to be the same hand.
• Attributions / conjectures
  
  No. 10 appears to be in the same style as No. 9 which is by Lieutenant Heath. The other drawings appear to be by different hands although the same artist seems to have drawn Nos. 5 and 6.
• Name
  Iris (Frigate)
  
• Topic
  exploration
  marines
  sailors
  pirates
  ships
  fortifications
  
• Place
  Borneo
  Labuan (Sabah)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
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