• Title
  [Conrad Martens on board the H.M.A.S Beagle], 1834 / drawn by C. Martens
• Creator
  Conrad Martens, 1801-1878
• Call number
  DL Pd 279
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1834
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings
• Reference code
  825858
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 drawing - pencil on grey paper - 13.5 x 10.4 cm.
  
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Published Information
  Conrad Martens: life and art / Elizabeth Ellis. Sydney : State Library of New South Wales Press, 1994
• General note
  
  “Martens Journal ZA 429, records that on 1 June 1834, Beagle was at Port Famine, 9 June passing through the Magdalen Straits, and by 11 June was through the Straits of Magellan to the Pacific Ocean. When he drew this portrait, he had been on board the Beagle since Dec. 1833”.
  Digital order no: a1528451
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Signed and dated `C.M. June 1834’ lower left corner, and note 'On board HMS Beagle' at lower right.
• Attributions / conjectures
  
  Attributed to Martens, the signature and note appear to be in Martens' hand compared with Martens' Sketchbook of scenes around Sydney, botanical, architectural, and ship studies, ca. 1835-1837 at DL PX 14.
• Name
  Martens, Conrad, 1801-1878
  
• Subject
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  portraits
  artists
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Conrad Martens returns to Mudgee - The Stables Gallery, Mudgee (30 May - 9 July, 1997)
  Charles Darwin Down Under 1836 - State Library of New South Wales
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3235249

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