• Title
  Robert Batty - Views relating to the mutiny of the Bounty, 1831? [12 etching proofs]
• Creator
  Robert Batty, -1848
• Call number
  DG SV8.1/nos. 4-15
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  1831?
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Prints
• Reference code
  455797
• Issue Copy
  Partly Digitised : nos. 11 ; 13
  
• Physical Description
  Prints - 12 etching proofs before letters - each 7 x 10.6 cm. meas. of view; 10.7 x 15.3 cm. meas. of plate
  
• Scope and Content
  DG SV8.1/4-5
  George Young & his Wife (Hannah Adams) of Pitcairns Island (Call No.: )
  View near Matavai Bay, Otaheite
  
  DG SV8.1/8-9
  Creek in Matavai Bay, Otaheite
  
  DG SV8.1/10-11
  The open Boat with Bligh and his Companions
  
  DG SV8.1/12-13
  H.M. Ship Pandora in the act of foundering
  
  DG SV8.1/14-15
  Residence of John Adams, Pitcairns Island
• System of arrangement
  The etchings, comprising two proofs from each of the six plates, are listed below in order as published in Barrow, John Sir, 1764-1848: 'The eventful history of the mutiny and piratical seizure of H.M.S. Bounty : its cause and consequences / illustrated by six etchings from original drawings by Lieut.-Colonel Batty'. London : John Murray, 1831
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  None of the etchings is signed, dated or titled. They were used to illustrate Barrow, John Sir, 1764-1848. The eventful history of the mutiny and piratical seizure of H.M.S. Bounty : its cause and consequences / illustrated by six etchings from original drawings by Lieut.-Colonel Batty. London : John Murray, 1831. The reproductions in this volume have printed below the view 'Drawn & etched by Lieut. Col. Batty', followed by title and name of original artist. Below this is printed 'Published by John Murray, Albermarle Street, 1831'.
  
  Artists of the original works from which Batty made his etchings, were William Smyth (George Young & his Wife ...; Residence of John Adams, Pitcairns Island ...); John Webber (View near Matavai Bay ...; Creek in Matavai Bay ...); and Peter Heywood (H.M. Ship Pandora in the act of foundering). Original sketches by Smyth, which appear to have been used for these etchings, are held in the Mitchell Library (ML ref. PXB 55: microfilm copy at CY 4853, frames 74-120).
  
  DG SV8.1/9,11,12: Mounted 1985 (38.0 x 46.5 cm.)
  DG SV8.1/4-8,10,13-15: Mounted 1986 (38.6 x 55 cm.)
  Digital order no:Album ID : 861786
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Heywood, Peter, 1773-1831
  Webber, John, 1752-1793
  Smyth, William, 1800-1877
  
• Name
  Bligh, William, 1754-1817
  Pandora (Frigate)
  
• Subject
  Adult Females
  Adult Males
  Infants--Pictorial works.
  
• Topic
  bays
  etchings
  houses
  islands
  launches
  palm trees
  shipwrecks
  
• Place
  Matavai Bay (Tahiti)
  Pitcairn Island.
  
• 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. Applies to: DG SV8.1/5,13,14
  Dare to know : the art and science of Pacific voyages - State Library of New South Wales (June 1998 - November 1998). Applies to: DG SV8.1/11
  On the Run. Daring Convict Escapes - State Library of New South Wales (November 2006 - February 2007). Applies to: DG SV8.1/11

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