Watercolours and charts of voyage of HMS Sirius 1789-1791 by George Raper - photoprints of original drawings

PXB 402

fonds

1981 copies of 1787-1791 drawings

Graphic Materials, Photographs

404467

Copy print : PXB 402

Photographs - 14 photoprints

1a) View of the Needles ...
1b) Salvages
1c) View of the Island Teneriffe ... : signed lower right "GW Raper 1790"
2) Cape de Verd Islands
2a) Isd [i.e. Island] of Sall
2b) Is.d of Bonavista
2c) Is.d Mayo : signed lower right "GW Raper 1790"
3) Plan of Port Praya the So. end of the Island of St. Jago or Yago
4a) Entrance of Rio de Janeiro from the anchorage without the Sugar Loaf ...
4b) The Table Land from the Anchorage in the Bay Cape of Good Hope ...
5) Plan of Rio de Janeiro ... : signed lower right "GW Raper 1791"
6) Plan of Table Bay Cape of Good Hope
7) [Track of the Sirius through the South Atlantic]
8) [Track of Sirius through North Atlantic Ocean]
9) Carreening Cove No. Side Port Jackson where H.M.S. Sirius Refitted and Repaired 1789 : at lower right "Taken by Geo: Raper 1789"
10) Norfolk Island [chart]
11) The Melancholy Loss of H.M.S. Sirius off Norfolk Island March 19th 1790 / Taken from the Flagstaff on the Beach by Geo Raper
12) Plan of Botany Bay New South Wales : signed at lower right "Geo Raper 1791"
13) Plan of Port Jackson Coast of New South Wales ... as survey'd by Cap.t Hunter 1788 : signed at lower right "Geo Raper 1791"
14a) Van Diemans [i.e. Diemen's] Land ...
14b) The Land about Botany Bay the Entrance ...
14c) Entrance of Port Jackson when close under the South Head : signed at lower right "Geo Raper 1791"

Reproduction Restricted

George Raper, a midshipman on the First Fleet flagship H.M.S. Sirius, appears to have made these drawings as copies of earlier watercolours and charts, as most date from some years after the events they depict.
These drawings were purchased by the National Library of Australia in 2000. They are described on a website at: www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/georgeraper