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Add MS 35300
- Record Id:
- 040-002088776
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002088775
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001490.0x000137
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- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 35300
- Title:
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BARROW BEQUEST. Vol. I. Drawings by William Alexander and Samuel Daniell
- Scope & Content:
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37 watercolour drawings, made for the most part in 1792-3 on Lord Macartney's embassy to China (see also Add MS 33931), the rest on a mission with Sir John Barrow in southern Africa in 1801-2. Many of them have been engraved, either for Sir John Barrow's Voyage to Cochinchina (1806, containing the African mission as appendix) or for his Travels in China (1804).
Inscription on f. 2: 'Original Drawings by [William] Alexander and by Samuel Daniel[l], artists of celebrity in their day.'
Only the drawings on folios 22 and 23 have been signed by the artist, William Alexander. Other attributions in the list below have been taken from the published engravings. Titles or inscriptions in single quotation marks have been transcribed from the source. Modern place names have been added [in square brackets], but these do not always correspond exactly to the same territory as the historical place name.
Drawings include:
f. 3 View of Funchal, Madeira, by William Alexander, [1792].
f. 4 View of Santa Cruz, Tenerife, by William Alexander, [1792].
f. 5 View of Porto Praya [Praia], Island of St. Jago [Santiago], Cape Verde Isles, by William Alexander, 1792.
f. 6 View of aqueduct in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Inscribed: ‘Areos de Carioca, or Grand Aqueduct in Rio de Janeiro.’, by William Alexander, 1792.
f. 7 Drawing of a man in a small canoe with a shark surfacing nearby, by William Alexander. Engraving from this image titled, Javanese and wounded Shark, in J. Barrow, Voyage to Cochinchina (1806).
f. 8 Drawing of the tomb of Colonel Hon Charles Cathcart, Anjere Point [Anjer], Straights of Sunda, [Indonesia], by William Alexander, 6 April 1793.
f. 9 View of the Calvinist Church in Batavia [Jakarta], Java, [Indonesia]. Inscribed: ‘The Calvinistic Church in Batavia’, by William Alexander, [1793].
f. 10 Drawing of a fruit plant [Java, Indonesia]. Engraving from this image titled, The Mangoostan, in J. Barrow, Voyage to Cochinchina (1806).
f. 11 Drawing of a fruit plant [Java, Indonesia]. Engraving from this image titled, The Rambootan, in J. Barrow, Voyage to Cochinchina (1806).
f. 12 Drawing of a soldier, Cochinchina [Southern Vietnam]. Inscribed: ‘Cochinchinese soldier’, by William Alexander, [1793].
f. 13 Drawing of a scene in an opera, Cochinchina [Southern Vietnam], by William Alexander, [1793].
f. 14 Drawing of a group of men, women and children, Cochinchina [Southern Vietnam], by William Alexander, [1793].
f. 15 View of a river with rowing boats, Cochinchina [Southern Vietnam]. Inscribed: ‘Cochinchinese Shipping on the River Taifo’, by William Alexander, [1793].
f. 16 Drawing of a religious ceremony, Cochinchina [Southern Vietnam], by William Alexander, [1793]. Engraving from this image titled, An Offering of First-fruits to the God Fo, in J. Barrow, Voyage to Cochinchina (1806).
f. 17 Drawing of a village with thatched houses, Bechuanaland [Botswana], by William Alexander from sketches by Samuel Daniell, [1801]. Engraving from this image titled, Booshuana Village, in J. Barrow, Voyage to Cochinchina (1806).
f. 18 Drawing of a woman holding a spear and a man smoking a pipe, Bechuanaland [Botswana], by William Alexander from sketches by Samuel Daniell, [1801]. Engraving from this image titled, Bushooana Man & Woman, in J. Barrow, Voyage to Cochinchina (1806).
f. 19 Drawing of a group of men beside a sea shore, Cochinchina [Southern Vietnam]. Inscribed: ‘Natives of Cochin China’.
f. 20 Portrait of a military commander, China [1792-1793]. An engraving of this image, titled Portrait of Van-ta-Gin, is the frontispiece to J. Barrow's Travels in China (1804).
f. 21 Portrait of a man sitting at a dining table, China, [1792-1793]. Inscribed on verso: ‘The Fou-yen of Canton when sitting at Table with the Ambassador, & in the Hall of the Company’s Factory’.
f. 22 (1) Drawing of trading ships, signed by W. Alexander, China, [1792-1793]. Inscribed: ‘A foreign Trader’. (2) Drawing of a rice mill with water wheel and workers, signed by W. Alexander, China, [1792-1793]. Inscribed: ‘A Rice Mill’.
f. 23 (1) Drawing of a village and its inhabitants, signed by W. Alexander, China, [1792-1793]. Inscribed: ‘a village and cottagers’. (2) Drawing of a large official residence, signed by W. Alexander, China, [1992-1793]. Inscribed: ‘dwelling of a mandarin or officer of state’.
f. 24 View of a river with a small boat, China [1792-1793].
f. 25 Sketches of individual men and women, China, [1792-1793]. Inscribed: ‘Chinese Figures from Nature’.
f. 26 Figure sketches of a woman and two men, China, [1792-1793].
f. 27 View of the Imperial Park at Gehol [Chengde], China, by William Alexander, [1792-1793]. Inscribed: ‘drawn by W. Alexander from a sketch by Capt [Henry William] Parish Royl Artilly / View in the Eastern side of the Imperial Park at Gehol.’
f. 28 Drawing of a hunter with a dog, [China?].
f. 29 Drawing of a woman, [China?].
f. 30 Drawing of a man, [South Africa], by Samuel Daniell. Inscribed in pencil: ‘Quakkak’.
f. 31 Drawing of a woman, [South Africa], by Samuel Daniell. Inscribed: ‘Hottentot woman’.
f. 32 Drawing of a man, [South Africa], by Samuel Daniell. Inscribed: ‘Hottentot Man’.
f. 33 Drawing of a woman, [South Africa], by Samuel Daniell. Inscribed: ‘Hottentot woman’.
The term ‘Hottentot’ (ff. 31-33) was a historical colonial term or exonym used by Europeans to describe the Khoekhoe people in southern Africa. ‘Quakkak’ (f. 30) is probably a version of Khoekhoe. Barrow uses the name ‘Quaiquae’ in An Account of travels into the interior of Southern Africa in the years 1797 and 1798 (London, 1801), I, p. 151.
f. 34 Drawing of a fish caught near Turon Bay, [Sunda Straight, Indonesia], 1793. Inscribed on verso: ‘Fish caught near Turon Bay – 1793’.
f. 35 Drawing of a fish, [Sunda Straight, Indonesia], [1793]. Inscribed on verso: ‘Fish caught in the Straights of Sunda’.
f. 36 Drawing of a fish, [Sunda Strait, Indonesia], [1793]. Inscribed on verso: ‘A Fish caught/fastend to a Piece of salted B[?] hanging at the Ships Bows/ near Turon Bay’.
f. 37 Landscape drawing with mountain, figures and buildings in the distance.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002088775
040-002088776 - Is part of:
- Add MS 35300-35309 : Manuscripts bequeathed by Colonel John Barrow (1808-98), F.R.S., formerly Keeper of the Records of the Admiralty
Add MS 35300 : BARROW BEQUEST. Vol. I. Drawings by William Alexander and Samuel Daniell - Hierarchy:
- 032-002088775[0001]/040-002088776
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- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
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1 volume (37 folios)
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1792
- End Date:
- 1802
- Date Range:
- 1792-1802
- Era:
- CE
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Foliation: 37 folios
- Custodial History:
- Acquired by the British Museum by bequest from John Barrow, 15 February 1899.
- Source of Acquisition:
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Acquired by the British Museum by bequest from John Barrow, 15 February 1899.
Inscription on f. 2: ‘I bequeath this Book to the British Museum/ John Barrow/ 27 Feb: 1858’.
- Publications:
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John Barrow, Travels in China (London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1804)
John Barrow, A Voyage to Cochinchina, in the Years 1792 and 1793 (London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1806)
John Barrow, An Account of travels into the interior of Southern Africa in the years 1797 and 1798 (London: T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1801)
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Notes:
- This catalogue description was revised in January 2021.