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"Hummock Island, so named by Captain Carteret, by the natives called Mondoroo. A small island to the south point of Minanao, in possession of the Dutch Company"

Artist: Raper, George
Created: [1791]
Dimensions: 31.9 x 50.5 cm
Reference: Raper Drawing - no. 28

 

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  • George Raper]
  • The drawing is inscribed in black ink in a panel below the drawing "HUMMOCK ISLAND, So Named by Cap.n Carteret, - by the Natives call'd Mondoroo. A small Island off the So. Point of Mindanao in Possession of the Dutch Company; Where we Waterd, and Refreshd in the Waaksamheydt. (a) SE & (b) W.t 1 Mile off shore".
  • The drawing is signed and dated at lower right "Taken aboard the Waaksamheyd. GEO: RapeR 1791".
  • The drawing is inscribed in pencil at bottom left with the number "28", at top right "27", and on the reverse "50".
  • Raper left Port Jackson for England in March 1791 on the Waaksamheyd, captained by John Hunter. Hunter gave an account of this voyage in An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (London, 1793), including their arrival at Hummock Island in August 1791 (pp.247-258).
  • The author of this catalogue record is Suzanne Stenning.
  • By permission of the trustees of the Natural History Museum (London).
  • Two sets of transparencies held in the Natural History Museum (London) Zoology Library and Picture Library: Picture Library order number 15128
  • Miss Eva Godman donated 1962
  • Data sheet available.
  • Hindwood, K.A. 'George Raper: an Artist of the First Fleet', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Australian Historical Society, Vol. 50, Pt. 1, 1964 pp.32-57.
  • Wheeler, A. and Smith, B, (eds.) The Art of the First Fleet and other early Australian Drawings. New Haven and London, Yale University Press, 1988 (pl.83, p.85).