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Title
Phillip Parker King album of drawings and engravings, 1802-1902
Creator
Phillip Parker King, 1791-1856
Call number
PXC 767
Level of description
fonds
Date

1802-1902
Type of material
Graphic Materials, Drawings, Watercolours, Prints, Cartographic Materials, Textual Records
Reference code
442570
Issue Copy
Partly Digitised : Nos. 57, 59, 61, 61a, 67a, 70a, and 74a not digitised
Physical Description
53 watercolours
25 drawings - ink, pencil, ink and wash, and ink and watercolour
46 prints - engravings, lithographs, and woodcuts
2 items of ephemera
Scope and Content
An album of drawings and engravings belonging to Phillip Parker King (with many by him), which relate to his surveys of the north-west coast of Australia and Tasmania between 1817 and 1822 in the vessels Mermaid and Bathurst ; and of South America in 1826-1830 commanding HMS Adventure, in company with HMS Beagle. Some early caricatures by King are included. Later material in the album may have been added by P. P. King's son, Philip Gidley King.

The album has been separated and album pages rehoused in two boxes - nos. 1-79 and nos. 80-152.

1. Phillip P. King [Label]
1a. Index to Capt. P. P. King's album [MSS, in hand of P. G. King the younger?]
2. Paradise Lost Book IX [Engraving]
3. Paradise Lost Book X [Engraving]
4. ? Geo. Dollond [Portrait, engraving]
6. James Watt [Portrait, engraving]
8. Mt. St. Michel, 1902 / A. H. Hallam Murray [Greeting card: etching]
10. Paradise Lost Book IV [Engraving]
12. Commodore Baudin, [ca. 1810][Ink sketch]
14. Captain James Cook / engraved by W. Holl [from a painting by N. Dance][Portrait, engraving]
16. Paradise Lost Book V [Engraving]
18a. Canoe of Endeavour River [Woodcut]
18b. Canoe of Rockingham Bay [Woodcut]
18c. Method of striking the turtle and securing them by the Indians at Rockingham Bay [Woodcut]
18d. Turtle peg of the East Coast [Woodcut]
20a. Peru [Man in canoe] / by W. H. Lizars [Engraving]
20b. [Unidentified implement][Woodcut]
20c. [Throwing stick][Woodcut]
20d. Huts of the Indians at Careening Bay [Woodcut]
20e. Throwing stick of the Indians of King George Sound [Woodcut]
20f. Hammer [Woodcut]
20g. Cape Horn / by W. H. Lizars [Engraving]
20h. Knife [Woodcut]
22. Paradise Lost Book VIII [Engraving]
24a. Port of London [Engraving]
24b. Paris L'Institut Pont des Arts / T. Boys delt.; P. Heath sculp. [Engraving]
26. Captain Cook / Roffe Sc. [Portrait, engraving]
27a. Tower of Mauconseil [Engraving]
27b. [MSS caption re portrait engraving, no. 28]
28. Robert Blake, General and Admiral of the Parliament Forces / engraved by J. Cochran [from a painting by H. P. Briggs][Portrait, engraving]
29a. St Nicholas near Ramsgate [Engraving]
29b. Broadstairs, Kent [Engraving]
29c. Kingsgate Castle [Engraving]
29d. Dandelion near Margate [Engraving]
29e. Twickenham [Engraving]
29f. Birchington, Kent [Engraving]
30. Edward Russell, Earl of Orford, First Commissioner of the Admiralty / engraved by W. Holl [from a painting by Dahl][Portrait, engraving]
32. Alexander, Lord Viscount Bridport, K.B., Admiral of the Red / engraved by H. Robinson [from a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds][Portrait, engraving]
33a. Seat of Major Roberts, Hampstead [Engraving]
33b. View from Richmond Hill [Engraving]
34. The defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588 / W. P. Rogers delin., engraved by J. C. Allen [from a painting by P. J. de Loutherbourg][Engraving]
36. Edward, Lord Hawke, K.B., Admiral of the Fleet / engraved by H. T. Ryall [from a painting by F. Cotes][Portrait, engraving]
38. John Benbow Esqre., Admiral of the Blue / engraved by W. T. Mote [from a painting by Sir G. Kneller][Portrait, engraving]
40. Capt. Franklin, R.N. F.R.S. / drawn by G. R. Lewis; engd. by F. C. Lewis [Portrait, engraving]
42. Honble. Samuel Barrington, Admiral of the White / engraved by H. T. Ryall [from a painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds][Portrait, engraving]
44. George Byng, Viscount Torrington, K.B., First Commissioner of the Admiralty / engraved by W. H. Mote [from a painting by Godrey Kneller][Portrait, engraving]
46. Richd. Cunningham / R. Martin & Co. lith. [from a portrait by McNees][Portrait, lithograph]
48. Boon-ga-ree Aboriginal of New So. Wales 1819 who accompanied me on my first voyage to the NW Coast [Portrait, watercolour]
50. [Allan Cunningham][Portrait, lithograph]
50a. Allan Cunningham (no poet truly but) His Majesty's Botanist in New South Wales [Engraved label to portrait, no. 50]
52. [Allan Cunningham][Portrait, lithograph]
53. [Insect] / drawn by Miss Ethel Stephens, Sydney 1886 [Watercolour]
54. Euprepia Crokeni ...; Macroglossum Kingii ...; Cicado zonalis ... [Three watercolours of insects]
55. Megamerus Kingii [Watercolour]
56. View of Goold Island and Mount Hinchinbrook from Rockingham Bay, [1819] / etched by P. P. King [Etching and wash]
57. Port Essington [MSS caption to no. 58]
58. View of Inner Harbour, Port Essington (North Coast) taken from Spear Point, [1818][Watercolour]
59. [MSS caption to no. 60]
60. View of Inner Harbour, Port Essington, [1818][Watercolour]
61. Apsley St. [MSS caption to no. 62]
62. Apsley Strait, [1818][Watercolour]
64. Interview with the natives at Luxmore Head in Melville Island, [1818][Ink and wash and MSS caption]
65. Advre. & Beagle at [symbol of an anchor = anchor] in Tide-Way at Possession Bay Christmas Day 1826. } View of Mt. Aymond & the Asses Ears. Tide running out 7 knots [Watercolour]
66. Coepang, Timor, taken fm. Fort Concordia, [1818][Ink sketch]
66a. [MSS caption to no. 66]
67. View of Wellington [Range?] from Sims Island, [1818][Watercolour]
67a. [Wellington] Hills, ["The] Tor", Macquarie Strait [MSS caption to no. 67]
bears the partial caption, "Wellington Hills, ["The] Tor", Macquarie Strait", that was previously attached to reverse of No.66.
Bears the partial caption, "Wellington Hills, ["The] Tor", Macquarie Strait", that was previously attached to reverse of No.66.
68. Robert FitzRoy, [1838?] / Sketched by Admiral King [Pencil sketch]
69. Capt. FitzRoy, HMS Beagle / Sketched by P. G. King, 1838 [Ink & wash]
70. Mount Cockburn, Cambridge Gulf, [1819][Ink sketch]
70a. Mt. Cockburn, Cambridge Gulf [MSS caption to no. 70]
72. Adelaide, [1830?] / Owen Stanley delint. [Watercolour]
74. Raffles Bay, No. Coast New Holland, [1818][Watercolour]
74a. Raffles Bay No Coast N. Holland / [Croker?] Id. / Fort Wellington Old Settlement [MSS caption to no. 74]
76. Kingia Australis, R. Brown, Swan Rr., [1825?][Ink & wash]
78. Sugarloaf Rio de Janeiro, [1827?][Watercolour]
79. Entce. of Endeavour R. from [symbol of anchor = anchor]age outside the Bar, [1819][Watercolour]
80. Huts of the Natives. Careening Bay. NW Coast of Australia, [1820][Ink sketch]
81. Cascades at Prince Regent's River, [1821][Watercolour]
82. View of Mermaid Strait from Enderby Island (Rocky Head) Feb 25 [1818][Watercolour]
84. [Seashell] Rottnest Is., [1822][Watercolour]
85. His Majestys Cutter Mermaid Lt. P P King 1817 [Ink sketch]
Top centre is a scale, "10 feet to an inch".
86. Mermaid at [symbol of an anchor = anchor] Endeavour River East Coast, [1819][Watercolour]
87. Dimensions of Mast Yds &c. of Mermaid [MSS]
88. Repairing the Cutter Mermaid, Careening Bay, [1820][Wash]
89. Art Union of London, 1901-1902 [Advertisement]
90. [Seashells. Four views][Watercolour]
92. [Two views of seashell][Watercolour]
94a. [Raft and Aborigines, Hanover Bay, 1821][Wash]
94b. [Mt. Cockburn, 1819][Watercolour]
97. Chart of a part of South America, surveyed ... under the direction of Capt. P. P. King, during the years 1826-30 / Engraved by J. Gardner; published for the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, 1831 [Engraving]
98a. [Untitled harbour scene, 1818-22?][Watercolour]
98b. [Untitled coastal scene, 1818-22?][Watercolour]
100. Entrance of Macquarie Harbour, Van Diemen's Land, [1819][Watercolour]
102. Hobart Town & view of the Derwent River, Taken from Signal [hut] Mt Nelson, Van Diemen's Land, [1819][Watercolour]
104a. View in Rockingham Bay ... and the distant mountn. Mt. Hinchinbrook, [1819][Watercolour]
104b. Entrance of Endeavour River, from the Hill at the North end of Long Sandy Beach [Watercolour]
106a. View of North Side of Oyster Harbour, King Georges Sound, from the summit of hill on east side of its Entce., Jan 1818 [Watercolour]
106b. View of Entrance of Princess Royal Harbour King Geo. Sound from summit of hill on East side of Entrance to Oyster harbour - Jany 1818 [Watercolour]
108a. Entrance of Oyster Harbour King Geo Sound from Inside at Bayonet Heads, [1818][Watercolour]
108b. Entce. of Twofold Bay, [1817][Watercolour]
110a. [View of the entrance] of Port Macquarie from the Green Mound, [1819] [Watercolour]
110b. Hastings River Pt. [ie Point] Elizabeth, [1819][Watercolour]
112. San Carlos de Chiloe, [1829?][Watercolour]
113. Sugar Loaf Rio, [1827?][Watercolour]
115. Patagonia Indian at Cape Gregory, [1827?] / [Runciman?][Watercolour]
116. Tower Rock. So. side of Port Desire, [1829?][Pencil]
117. Family of Patagonian Indians at Gregory Bay. Jan 1. 1827 / PPK [Ink & watercolour]
118. Mount Tarn from Port Famine, [1827?] / P.P.K. [Watercolour]
119. Mount Tarn over Point St Anna, [1827?][Watercolour]
119a. [Unidentified river scene][Watercolour]
119b. Mercedes Vigil Aldunate. d. of Governor & General Aldunate. Chiloe 1829 [Pencil]
120. Curious Peak. So. head of Admiralty Sound Tierra del Fuego / PPK, 1828 [Wash]
121. View in Bell Bay of Pond Harbour and Mount Pond - Strait of Magalhaens Tierra del Fuego, [1829?] / PPK [Pencil]
123. From a sketch by Lieut. Graves. View in Cockburn Channel from Prowse Islands looking Eastward. Mount Sarmiento in background, [1829?][Pencil]
123a. South Head of Wigwam Cove. Cape Horn in the distance, [1829?][Watercolour]
124. View of Mount Maxwell in Dighton Bay N.East of Barbara Channel taken from Sketch Islet, [1829][Watercolour]
125. Patagonians ... / P.P.K. 1828 [Pencil]
126. View in Humming Bird Cove Port San Antonio } Dawson Id. - Strait of Magalhaens about S.E. from Port Famine, [1828?] / PPK [Pencil]
127. View [near?] Admiralty Sond [ie Sound] of Curious Peak, [1827][Watercolour]
128. View of Humming Bird Cove - Port San Antonio, [1828?][Watercolour]
129. View from Cape Rowlett looking down Admiralty Sound, [1827?][Watercolour]
130. Bay to the West of Bold Pt. Staten Id. Mount in the center E 1/2 N - from Strait Le Maire, [1830?][Ink sketch]
131. [MSS: extract in Spanish from "Viage al Estrecho de Magallanes" by Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa; with coastal profile sketched in ink, n.d.]
132. View of Mt Sarmiento from abreast of Cape Froward. St. of Magalhaens, [1827?][Pencil]
134. Cumberland Bay Juan Fernandez with the Yungue and valley in which Commodore Anson encamped, [1830?][Pencil]
136. View of the west side of the Bay of Juan Fernandez. Taken from the 5 gun battery (in view), [1830?] / PPK [Pencil]
137. Hawk. Port Famine. nat size, [1827?] / PPK [Watercolour]
138. Picus Magellanicus. Male Bird. Port Famine Jan 26 1827 / PPK [Watercolour]
139. Port Famine 1827 / PPK [Pencil]
140. View of Mount Sarmiento from Cockburn Channel sketch Lt Graves, [1827?] / PPK [Watercolour]
142. P. G. King [the younger], 1829 [Pencil]
146. Scene "The Quarter Deck", 1809 [Caricature, watercolour]
148. Col. B.rk. [Officer] Rio De Janeiro, 1809 [Caricature, watercolour]
149. A Front View of a Learned Man. Scene the "Main Deck" / Phillip King April 1809 [Caricature, watercolour]
150. Is that all? [Man with sheep] / PPK [Pencil]
152. [Back cover]["Is] this the promised end?" [MSS]
System of arrangement
Original non-consecutive numbering preserved
Access Conditions

Access via appointment
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
Description source

Most titled on image or the reverse.
General note

For further information see:
King, Phillip Parker. Narrative of a survey of the intertropical and western coasts of Australia : performed between the years 1818 and 1822. London : John Murray, 1827 ; and Narrative of the surveying voyages of his Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 : describing their examination of the southern shores of South America, and the Beagle's circumnavigation of the globe. Volume 1. Proceedings of the first expedition, 1826-1830, under the command of Captain P. Parker King. London : Henry Colburn, 1839

See also:
PXn 790 for notes on this album compiled by Philip Gidley King the younger in 1903. A transcript of these notes is filed at PXn 951.

See:
The Encounter, 1802 : art of the Flinders and Baudin voyages / [compiled by] Sarah Thomas (Adelaide : Art Gallery of South Australia, 2002);
Terre Napoleon : Australia through French eyes, 1800-1804 / Susan Hunt, Paul Carter (Sydney : Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales in association with Hordern House, 1999);
Baudin in Australian waters : the artwork of the French voyage of discovery to the southern lands 1800-1804 / edited by Jacqueline Bonnemains, Elliott Forsyth and Bernard Smith (Melbourne : Oxford University Press in association with the Australian Academy of the Humanities, 1988)

No. 12: paper is watermarked "Whatman 1810". Ink sketch appears to be after a pencil portrait of Baudin ca. 1802, by Nicolas-Martin Petit (Mitchell Library call no. SAFE/P2/579).

Another library copy of lithograph and inscription no. 50-50a is recorded in Mitchell Library correspondence as being inscribed "A. Picken lith. / Day & Haghe, lithrs. to the King" (Mitchell Library call no. CY 3250, p.316).
Digital order no:Album ID : 823393
Signatures / Inscriptions

Many items bear faint notes inscribed by King. These are recorded at PXn 951
Attributions / conjectures

No.48 has been attributed to Phillip Parker King.
Date note

Some are dated. Some dates have been approximated using King's published narratives.
Conservation note

Album rehoused in two boxes, March 1995
Creator/Author/Artist
Holl, William, 1807-1871
King, Philip Gidley, 1817-1904
Mote, W. H., active 1850
Robinson, H.
Stanley, Owen, 1811-1850
Name
Adelaide (ship)
Adventure (ship: Captain = Phillip Parker King)
FitzRoy, Robert, 1805-1865
Franklin, John, Sir, 1786-1847
King, Philip Gidley, 1817-1904
Mermaid (cutter)
Subject
children
Adult Females
Adult Males
Baudin, Nicolas, 1754-1803--Portraits.
Birds--Pictorial works.
Bungaree, -1830
Cook, James, 1728-1779--Portraits.
Cunningham, Allan, 1791-1839--Portraits.
Topic
Aboriginal peoples (Australians)
bays
bush
canoes
caricatures
cicadas
colonial art
exploration
insects
natural history
panoramic views
portraits
rivers
sailing ships
seashells
settlements
tools
weapons
Place
Derwent River (Tas.)
Endeavour River (Qld.)
Great Barrier Reef (Qld.)
Hastings River (N.S.W.)
Hobart (Tas.)
King George Sound (W.A.)
Koepang (Indonesia)
Macquarie Harbour (Tas.)
Melville Island (N.T.)
North Queensland
Northern Territory
Port Essington (N.T.)
Port Macquarie (N.S.W.)
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Rockingham Bay (Qld.)
Sims Island (N.T.)
South America
Twofold Bay (N.S.W.)
Wellington Range (N.T.)
Western Australia
Exhibited in

Painting the Pacific - State Library of New South Wales (28 January - 28 April, 2002). Applies to: No. 54, 86, 104a, 104b, 110a, 110b, 115, 137
Faces of Australia: image, reality and the portrait. - State Library of New South Wales (May 1992 - October 1992). Applies to: No. 48
Matthew Flinders : The Ultimate Voyage - State Library of New South Wales. Applies to: No. 40-45
A Rage for Curiosity - State Library of New South Wales (September 1997 - January 1998). Applies to: No. 48
Dare to know : the art and science of Pacific voyages - State Library of New South Wales (June 1998 - November 1998). Applies to : No. 12
Flesh & Blood: Family Connections in Sydney 1788-1998 - Museum of Sydney (November 1998 - February 1999). Applies to: No. 48
Blighted paradise : colonial visions of Northern Australia - Rockhampton Art Gallery (October 2001 - November 2001). Applies to: No. 64, 74, 79, 88 and 94b
Sound of the sky - Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Eora: Mapping Aboriginal Sydney, 1770-1850 - State Library of New South Wales (June - August 2006)
O Rio de Janeiro na Rota Dos Mares Do Dul (Rio de Janeiro on the South Seas route) - Centro Cultural Correios, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (November 2006 - January 2007)
Charles Darwin Down Under 1836 - State Library of New South Wales
Charles Darwin: voyages and ideas that shook the world - Australian National Maritime Museum (March 2009 - August 2009)
The Governor: Lachlan Macquarie, 1810 to 1821 - State Library of New South Wales (July 2010 - October 2010)
Mari Nawi : Aboriginal Odysseys 1790-1850 - State Library of New South Wales (September 2010 - December 2012)
The Governor : Lachlan Macquarie, 1810 to 1821 (Travelling exhibition) - State Library of New South Wales (November 2010 - March 2012)
Planting Dreams: Shaping Australian Gardens - State Library of New South Wales (September 2016 - January 2017). Applies to: f. 64 and f. 85
Dead Central - State Library of New South Wales (May 2019 - May 2020). Applies to: No. 50