• Title
  Wax impression of William Bligh's private seal
• Call number
  SAFE/R 241d
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  After 1770
• Type of material
  Objects
• Reference code
  446224
• Physical Description
  1 seal (impression) - red sealing wax with oval-shaped impression - oval impression approx. 3.7 cm x 3.5 cm.
  
• Scope and Content
  Impression consists of a shield within an oval; surmounting the shield is a helmeted head and mailed fist brandishing an axe. The figure on the shield is indistinct but probably a griffin
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• General note
  
  Undated. Date approximated from when Bligh reached adulthood
  Digital order no:a928120
• Name
  Bligh, William, 1754-1817
  
• Topic
  seals (insignia)
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Mutiny on the Bounty : the story of Captain William Bligh seaman, navigator, surveyor and of the Bounty mutineers - State Library of New South Wales
  Colonial Governors - Museum of Sydney (March, 2005 - September, 2005)

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