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The melancholy loss of H.M.S Sirius off Norfolk Island March 19th 1790

Out of Copyright. Image courtesy of the National Library of Australia. | Public Domain

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Date

1790 or 1791

Artist

George Raper (1769-1796)

Collection

National Library of Australia

Image Link

https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/361598

Description

Condition: good; Inscriptions: Title beneath image. "Taken from the flagstaff on the beach by Geo. Raper" -- in ink l.r. of image; PIC/3312/1 ; Seaman and artist. Joined HMS Sirius as able bodied seaman Dec 1786 and promoted to midshipman Sept 1787 on voyage to New South Wales. Sailed on Sirius on voyage to Cape of Good Hope 1788-89 and was at Norfolk Island in 1790-91. Returned to England in April 1792. ; A painting depicting the shipwreck of the Sirius, shown with its masts and sails falling. (After the ship struck the rock, Captain Hunter ordered the masts to be cut away) Behind the Sirius the stern of the Supply. On the left Sydney Bay, Turtle Cove and Nepean Island. On the right the flag and flagpole. Medium: ink and watercolour on paper.
Additional Makers: George Raper, 1769-1796. Papers, 1787-1794

Image Licence

Public Domain

Image Credit

Out of Copyright. Image courtesy of the National Library of Australia.

Location

Norfolk Island, Australia

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