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Print
153036
  • Title
    Item 04: Part of the Crew of his Majesty's Ship Guardian endeavouring to escape in the Boats.
  • Creator
  • Call number
    PXD 742/2
  • Level of description
    item
  • Date

    1790 (printed beneath image "Publish d July 1: 1790")., Cheapside & at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London : J. & J. Boydell.
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    153036
  • Issue Copy
    Digitised
  • Physical Description
    Prints - 1 aquatint - 47 x 62.5 cm. (plate); 49.5 x 65 cm. (paper)
  • Copying Conditions
    Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
  • Description source

    Title is printed below image.
  • General note

    Digital order no:a1528530
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    Below the title is printed a short account of the wrecking of the 'Guardian' together with an extract from a letter written by Captain Edward Riou to Philip Stephens, Secretary to the Admiralty, dated 25 December 1789.
    "Printed & Engrav'd by R. Dodd" - below image, left corner,
  • Name
  • Topic
  • Place
  • Exhibited in

    Dare to know : the art and science of Pacific voyages - State Library of New South Wales (1 June - 28 November, 1998)

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