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431568
  • Title
    Arrest of Governor Bligh January 26, 1808. Copy of the original manuscript documents, ca. 1890s / New South Wales Government Printer
  • Creator
  • Call number
    PX*D 332
  • Level of description
    fonds
  • Date

    ca. 1890s
  • Type of material
  • Reference code
    431568
  • Issue Copy
    Digitised
  • Physical Description
    0.01 metres of textual and graphic material (1 volume)
  • Scope and Content
    Photo-lithographed documents associated with the arrest of Bligh including:
    "The arrest of Governor Bligh. It was alleged by the soldiers that they discovered Bligh hiding under a bed. The above is a fac scimile of an old torn painting exhibited at Sydney shortly after hs arrest. The original has been presented to the National Art Gallery, Sydney, by the descendents of Colonel George Johnston. Bligh's version of the affair.... " (14.3 x 21.8 cm.)
    Copy of watercolour drawing depicting the arrest of Bligh (23.2 x 37.7 cm.)
    Letter to George Johnston complaining of Bligh's administration from numerous people [2 pages of signatures]
    Letter of thanks to George Johnston for intervening and being the protector of property and liberty
    Note on testimony of Marlborough
  • Copying Conditions
    Out of copyright:
    Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
  • General note

    For original watercolour, see [The arrest of Governor Bligh, 1808], Safe 4/5 (microfilm CY 2125, frames 141-156).
    For information on the arrest of Bligh see: record, George Johnston - letterbook being copies of correspondence between Johnston and the Duke of Northumberland, 1811-1812 ; and Neville, R. "The Arrest of Governor Bligh - Pictures and Politics", Australiana, June 1991
    Another copy is located at A 1982 (CY 2062, frames 19-32).
    Transferred from ML Printed Books Collection (FA 923.59/B 648.1/IAI) in 1990.
    Alfred Lee bookplate inside front cover.
    Copy Print - PX*D 332 (photo - lithographic copy of the original watercolour sketch & other documents at Safe 4/5: CY 2125, frames 141 - 156).
    Copy Print - Another copy is at A 1982 (CY 2062, frames 19 - 32).
    Digital order no:Album ID : 1290406
  • Signatures / Inscriptions

    Titled from front cover.
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  • Exhibited in

    Faces of Australia: image, reality and the portrait. - State Library of New South Wales (25 May - 12 October, 1992)
    Smugglers, Customs and Contraband - Australian National Maritime Museum
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