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"Views of Lord Howe Island, Discovered by Lieutenant Ball February 1788"
Artist: Raper, George
Created: [1790?]
Dimensions: 32.5 x 48.3 cm
Reference: Raper Drawing - no. 26

 
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  • George Raper]
  • The drawing is inscribed in black ink at top "VIEWS of LORD HOWE ISLAND ~ Disc:d by LIEU:t BALL. February 1788 ~". Each drawing is inscribed with navigational information in a panel below it, spaced so as to correspond with the features depicted. The top view is inscribed "VALLEY e. 1/2 N. 14 Leagues", "A~ P.t KING E.N.E.", "VALLEY - E.b N. 10 Leag.s" and "B. BALLS-PYRAMID E.1/4 S. 14 Leags -", the middle "A N.E.bN.1/2E." and "E.N.E. 6 or 7 Leag.s" and "East.", and the bottom "N.1/4E.", C Mt: LIDGBIRD N.N.E 1/4 E."
  • The drawing is unsigned and undated, but is attributed to Raper.
  • The drawing is inscribed in pencil at lower left with the number "26", at top right "25", and on the reverse "52".
  • Raper is not known to have landed on Lord Howe Island but passed by it on his journey to Norfok Island on board the Sirius in March 1790. Captain John Hunter recorded the occasion in An Historical Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (London, 1793) (pp. 172-3).
  • 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 15126
  • 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. 217, p. 204).