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1. Add MS 15508

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Title:
DRAWINGS, in Indian ink, illustrative of Capt. Cook's first voyage, 1768 -1770, chiefly relating to Otaheite and New Zealand, by A. Buchan, John F. Miller, and others.
Scope & Content:
John Frederic Miller: Drawings in Captain Cook's first voyage: 1768-1770. Captain James Cook: Drawings of headlands, etc, in his first voyage: 1768-1770. Alexander Buchan: Drawings of headlands, etc., in Capt. Cook's first voyage: 1768-1770. All the items after folios 1-9 in this volume were ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1768-1775
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 15508, f 9

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Title:
'Otaheite: Dancing girl, and Chief mourner', drawing by Tupaia
Scope & Content:
Location: Otaheite [Tahiti] Pencil inscriptions: ‘Otaheite’ (top centre); ‘Dancing Girl’ and ‘Chief Mourner’ (top, above the drawn figures). Drawing by an artist previously identified as ‘The Artist of the Chief Mourner’, now recognised as Tupaia (Keith Vincent Smith, ‘Tupaia’s sketchbook’, Br...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1769-Aug 1769
Extent:
1 drawing

3. Add MS 15508, f 5

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Title:
'Fort Venus Otaheite', drawing by Charles Praval, after Herman Spöring
Scope & Content:
Location: Otaheite [Tahiti] Title inscribed in pencil, in Banks’s hand, on sheet below the drawing: ‘Fort Venus Otaheite’. Pencil inscription in a later hand: ‘Drawn by Lieut. J. Cook See Add. 7085.8’ (lower right). Attribution of drawing to Praval discussed in Joppien and Smith (1985-1987), ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1771-Jul 1771
Extent:
1 drawing

4. Add MS 15508, f 15

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Title:
Portrait of an Indigenous Australian, drawing by Charles Praval
Scope & Content:
Location: Southeastern Australia Numbered ‘15’ (top right). Signed ‘CH. PRAVAL DEL.’ (lower left). Catalogued by Joppien and Smith as 'Portrait of an Australian Aborigine, drawing by Charles Praval'.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Dec 1770-Jan 1771
Extent:
1 drawing

5. Add MS 15508, f 17

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Title:
Diagrammatic drawing of a marae: side elevation, drawing by Tupaia
Scope & Content:
Location: [Tahiti] Numbered ‘17’ (top right). Joppien and Smith attribution of this and f. 16 (formerly f. 14) to Joseph Banks is discussed in The Art of Captain Cook’s Voyages (1985-1987), 1, page 108.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1769
Extent:
1 drawing

6. Add MS 15508, f 1

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Title:
'Necklaces of the inhabitants of Terra del Fuego', drawing by Alexander Buchan
Scope & Content:
Location: Terra del Fuego [Tierra del Fuego] Signed in pencil: ‘A. Buchan Pinxt’ (lower right). Title inscribed in ink in Banks’s hand on verso.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1769
Extent:
1 drawing

7. Add MS 15508, f 8

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Title:
'Carv’d ornament from Otaheite', drawing by John Frederick Miller
Scope & Content:
Location: Otaheite [Tahiti] Signed: ‘J. F. Miller del.’ (lower right). Title inscribed in pencil in Banks’s hand, on sheet below drawing.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1771
Extent:
1 drawing

8. Add MS 15508, f 12

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Title:
Maori trading a crayfish with Joseph Banks, drawing by Tupaia
Scope & Content:
Location: New Zealand Drawing by an artist previously identified as ‘The Artist of the Chief Mourner’, now recognised as Tupaia (Keith Vincent Smith, ‘Tupaia’s sketchbook’, British Library eJournal, 2005: http://www.bl.uk/eblj/2005articles/pdf/article10.pdf). Numbered ‘12’ (top right). Catalo...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1769
Extent:
1 drawing

9. Add MS 15508, f 13

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Title:
Two dancing girls holding fans or rattles, drawing by Tupaia
Scope & Content:
Location: Society Islands Numbered ‘13’ (top right). Drawing by an artist previously identified as ‘The Artist of the Chief Mourner’, now recognised as Tupaia (Keith Vincent Smith, ‘Tupaia’s sketchbook’, British Library eJournal, 2005: http://www.bl.uk/eblj/2005articles/pdf/article10.pdf). J...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Aug 1769
Extent:
1 drawing

10. Add MS 15508, f 48

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Title:
Studies of tattoo designs, drawing by Herman Diedrich Spöring
Scope & Content:
Location: New Zealand Numbered ‘48’ (top right). Attributed to Spöring by Joppien and Smith. Attributed to Sydney Parkinson by Lysaght (A M Lysaght, The Journal of Joseph Banks in the Endeavour (1980), p. 64). Drawings ff. 43-48 formerly mounted on a single folio.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Nov 1769
Extent:

1 drawing