• Title
  Item 05: Black Pyramid, [Bass Strait] / watercolour by Captain Wickham, [ca. 1838]
• Creator
  John Clements Wickham, 1798-1864
• Call number
  SSV/141
  
• Level of description
  item
• Date
  
  ca. 1838
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  1000039
• Physical Description
  1 drawing - watercolour on paper - 14 x 20 cm
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  John Clements Wickham (1798-1864) was commander of the third voyage of HMS Beagle (1837-1841) which aimed to chart the coastline of Australia from the Bass Strait up the north-west coast to the Gulf of Carpentaria. As there was no official artist aboard the Beagle on this voyage, Wickham’s drawings helped keep a visual record of the journey. Wickham retired from the navy in 1841 and in 1842 he married Anna Macarthur, daughter of Hannibal Hawkins Macarthur.
• Scope and Content
  Small watercolour showing rear view of HMS Beagle sailing through Bass Strait with Black Pyramid on the starboard side.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Signed 'JCW' in black lower right. Caption in pencil reads 'Black Pyramid S[?] by E[?] / by Captn Wickham'. Inscribed on verso in pencil: 'Elizabeth'
• Name
  Beagle (Ship: Captain = Wickham)
  Beagle (Ship)
  
• Subject
  Voyages and travels--19th century.
  
• Topic
  watercolours
  
• Place
  Black Pyramid (Tasmania)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE8862220

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