First Fleet artist : George Raper's birds & plants of Australia / Linda Groom.
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TextPublication details: Canberra : National Library of Australia, c2009.Description: vii, 146 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), facsims., maps, 1 port. ; 29 cmISBN: - 9780642276810 (hbk.) :
- George Raper's birds & plants of Australia
- Raper, George, 1769-1796 -- Travel -- Pictorial works
- Raper, George, 1769-1796 -- Biography
- Raper, George, 1769-1796 -- Travel
- Raper, George, 1769-1796 -- Travel -- Pictorial works
- Ducie Collection of First Fleet Art
- Sailors as artists -- England -- Biography
- Zoological artists -- England -- Biography
- Botanical artists -- England -- Biography
- Watercolor painting
- Watercolorists -- England -- Biography
- Birds -- Australia -- Pictorial works
- Plants -- Australia -- Pictorial works
- First Fleet, 1787-1788 -- Pictorial works
- Plants -- Australia
- First Fleet, 1787-1788
- Birds -- Australia
- Sailors as artists -- Australia -- Biography
- Australia -- Colonization -- Pictorial works
- Australia -- Colonization
- 994.01 759.2 22
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | State Botanical Collection | RBG | 759.2 FIR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | RBG00024503 |
"Recently discovered first fleet masterpieces" --Cover.
"The Ducie collection of First Fleet art." --P. 1.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In George Raper, midshipman on the Sirius of the First Fleet, talent and opportunity magnificently coalesced to produce what is now one of the National Library of Australia's most treasured collections, the Ducie Collection of First Fleet Art.
RBG copy donated by Rodger Elliot November 2021.
