Collection of copper etching plates of Australian maritime historical subjects, 1937-1955 / Geoffrey Ingleton

R 901

fonds

1937-1955

403586

48 printing plates - copper

47 copper etching plates and 1 copper engraving plate

1. Plaintive Avocets - Corner Inlet, Vic. [1937]. (Prints at PXD 148 no.2 and DL PXX 61 f.7)
2. 'Heemskerk' Batavia 1642. Waiting for the ebb [1937]. (Prints at PXD 148 no.4 and DLPXX 61 no.5)
3. 'Zeehaen'. Shooting the sun [1937]. (Prints at PXD 148 no.5 and DLPXX 61 no.11)
4. H.M.S. 'Roebuck' 1699. Seekers [1937]. (Prints at PXD 148 no.6 and DLPXX 61 no.4)
5. H.M. Bark 'Endeavour'. Botany Bay welcome [1937]. (Prints at PXD 148 no. 7 and DLPXX 61, no. 7 for prints
6. H.M. Armed Brig 'Supply'. Dawn and aweigh [1937]. (Prints at PXD 148 no. 8 and DLPXX 61 no.2)
7. 'Bounty'. Sea ruffians [n.d.]. (Prints at PXD 148 no.9 and DLPXX 61 no.35)
8. H.M.S. 'Sirius'. Storm driven [n.d.]. (Prints at PXD 148 no.10 and DLPXX 61 no.36)
9. 'H.M. Sloop 'Investigator'. Sea rivalry [n.d.]. (Prints at PXD 148 no.11 and DLPXX 61 no.37)
10. The 'Sirius'. Safely moored in Sydney Cove - 26 January 1788, 1937. (Prints at PXD 148 no.12 and DLPXX 61 no.9)
11. Luis Vaes de Torres 1606 [1938]. (Prints at PXD 148 no.13 and DLPXX 61 no.13)
12. Staten Landt. Tasman's vessels ['Heemskerk' and 'Zeehaen'] heave to, off New Zealand [1939]. (Prints at PXD 148 no.15 and DLPXX 61 no.19)
13. Drake's 'Golden Hind' off Cape Horn making northwards off in fine weather [1939]. (Prints at PXD 148 no.16 and DLPXX 61 no.14)
14.'Seahorse'. Off Wilson's Promontory [1939]. (Prints at PXD 148 no.17 and DLPXX 61 no.18)
15. Pinchgut, 30 November 1839 [1939]. (Prints at PXD 148 no.18 and DLPXX 61 no.16)
16. Woolpack Inn, Parramatta. The birthplace of the game of bowls in New South Wales, 1939. (Prints at PXD 148 no.19 and DLPXX 61 no.20; and engraved copper plate by William Moffitt on which this image was based, R901/48)
17. Rain - F.N.D. [Flinders Naval Depot, 1939]. (Prints at PXD 148 no.20 and DLPXX 61 no.17)
18. 'Cygnet' careened [1940]. (Prints at PXD 148 no.21 and DLPXX 61 no.22)
19. 'Endeavour' [1940]. (Prints at PXD 148 no.22 and DLPXX 61 no.23)
20. 'Victory' at Trafalgar [1940]. (Prints at PXD 148 no.23 and DLPXX 61 no. 25)
21. Pulteney Hotel, Sydney, 1838. (Prints at PXD 148 no.24 and DLPXX 61 no. 24)
22. Campbell's Wharf May 1810 [1940]. (Prints at PXD 148 no.25 and DLPXX 61 no.21)
23. Marsden in the Brig 'Active' being welcomed by the Maoris [1941]. (Prints at PXD 148 no.26 and DLPXX 61 no.26)
24. Royal Australian Historical Society; Sydney Cove August 1788 [1942]. (Prints at PXD 148 no.27 and DLPXX 61 no.27)
25. La Perouse's 'Astrolabe' [1943]. (Prints at PXD 148 no.28 and DLPXX 61 no.28)
26. H.M.C.S. 'Victoria'. Australia's First Warships [sic] outsails H.M.S. 'Niger' during the New Zealand War [1948]. (Prints at PXD 148 no.29 and DLPXX 61 no.29)
27. H.M. Cutter 'Mermaid'. Lt. P.P. King meets the Malay Trepang fleet, April 1818 [1948]. (Prints at PXD 148 no.30 and DLPXX 61 no.30)
28. H.M.S. 'Dolphin' enters Matavai Bay, Tahiti, June, 1767 [1948]. (Prints at PXD 148 no.31 and DLPXX 61 no.31)
29. The 'Lady Nelson' entering Port Phillip 15 February 1802 [n.d.]. (Prints at PXD 148 no.32)
30. 'Albion' South Sea Whaler. Captn. Ebor Bunker [n.d.]. (Prints at PXD 148 no.33 and DLPXX 61 no.34)
31. Bass Strait rivalry, the sealer 'Charles' in the Kent Group, 1803, 1950. (Prints at DLPXX 61 no.33). See also `True patriots all ...' / by Geoffrey Ingleton (1952), p. 29 and 263. Location: Q990.1/6A1, Mitchell Library
32. The massacre of the 'Boyd' 1809 at Whangaroah, N.Z., 1949. (Print at DLPXX 61 no.32). See also transcript of broadside in `True patriots all ...', p. 54 and 263
33. Cook's 'Resolution' approaching Ship Cove, Queen Charlotte Sound, N.Z. [n.d.]. (See also preliminary drawings and prints at DGA 2, part 1)
34. Port Hunter 1832 - Ralph Rashleigh escapes [n.d.]. (See also preliminary drawings and prints at DGA 2 part 2). Print also in 'Ralph Rashleigh ...' / James Tucker (1952). Limited de luxe edition. Location: QA823/3B1
35. The Brig 'Daphne' re-captured from the Tahitians by the Brig 'Endeavour'. (See also preliminary drawings and prints at DGA 2 part 3). See also `True patriots all ...', p. 60 and 263
36. The Brig 'Frederick' departs from Sarah's Island, Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania, 12 Jan. 1834. (See also preliminary drawings and prints at DGA 2 part 3). See also `True patriots all ...', p. 181 and 272
37. The arrival of the convict ship 'Surry' in Sydney Harbour, 29 July 1814. (See also preliminary drawings and prints at DGA 2 part 3). See also `True patriots all ...', p. 72 and 263
38. [Bookplate] Susan Margaret's Christening May 21 1939
39. [Bookplate] Richard Rankin Briggs 1940
40. [Bookplate] Fred[eric]k Gilders, Powerscourt - Maffra
41. [Bookplate] Ex-Libris James Mortensen
42. [Bookplate] Ex-Libris Leonard Murphy
43. [Bookplate] Kay Ingleton
44. [Bookplate] Russell Roxburgh 23-9-'44
45. [Bookplate] Ex Libris G. Bills Thompson
46. [Bookplate] Henry Mortensen
47. [Country homestead]
48. [Billhead] Woolpack Inn, George Street, Parramatta ... by John Williams ... copper plate engraved by William Moffitt. (Print at PXB 411, no. 70, Mitchell Library Pictures Collection; reproduced in W.C. Penfold 'A century of porgress in printing (1931), p. 41. Location: Q655.1911/P Mitchell Library). Also held is a collection of 179 copper plates by Moffitt at R 178, Mitchell Library Pictures Collection. See also no. 16 in this collection which is based on this image

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The maritime subjects are historical re-creations based on contemporary written accounts and illustrations
Prints held are listed in brackets following the description of the copper etching plate.