IMAGE
Artist unknown :Port Nicholson in 1846.
- Date
- 1846
- By
- Cowan, James, 1870-1943
- Reference
- A-138-062
- Description
Shows the paddlesteamer H.M.P.S. "Driver" in broadside view at right, and the barque "London" in broadside view at left. On the shore, visible between the two ships are several buildings and the flagstaff at Flagstaff Hill.
Notes on verso indicate that the artist may have been a crew member on board the barque "London".
Other Titles - London Barque. Barrett pub. Maori chief. Prisoners on board. H. M. P. S. Driver
Inscriptions: Recto - top centre - Port Nicholson in 1846; Recto - beneath image - Joseph Gibson Commdr & 3 officers. Wife , Sisters./ London Bq. 480 tons a big little ship. / Year 1846 / Barret' Pub / Maori Chief prisoners on board - H.M.P.S. Driver with Life Boats on top of paddle boxes.; Verso - centre - Joined "London" Oct 1844 / appointed for 5 years to Joseph Gibson - / 1. Voyage to Bombay - / 2. Ditto to Sydney - put into Mother Bank Christmas 1845 - on a/c of gales in Channel - there about 2 weeks - then had a [start?] left for Sydney - discharged our cargo then sailed for Wellington with Cattle
Related to sketch, possibly by Matthew Clayton, held at ATL A-078-015.
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Pencil and indelible pencil on watercolour paper, 195 x 330 mm.
Transfers: Transferred from the Cowan papers in MSS & A..
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 drawing(s), Works of art, Pencil works, Marines (Visual works), Pencil and indelible pencil on watercolour paper, 195 x 330 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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