Raper, George (1769 - 1797)
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Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales
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[Repository details]
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| Title: | George Raper - Records |
| Date Range: | 1770 - 1797 |
| Description: | Paintings c1770-97. |
| Formats: | Artwork. |
| Access: | Available for reference |
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The National Library of Australia
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[Repository details]
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| Title: | The Ducie Collection |
| Reference: | http://www.nla.gov.au/collect/newacq/ducie/index.html |
| Date Range: | 1788 - 1790 |
| Description: | First Fleet watercolours from David Moreton, seventh Earl of Ducie and the Moreton family. The Ducie Collection (http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-vn3563487) is the largest and most significant collection of First Fleet material acquired by the Library since the 1962 purchase of a sketchbook of drawings by Captain John Hunter.
Carefully drawn, many of the paintings are the first visual record of Australian plant and animal species from the hand of a European artist. Attributed to George Raper (1769-1797)(http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/georgeraper) , a Midshipman on the Sirius, they show the birds and flowers of the Port Jackson area as he perceived them between 1788 and 1790. |
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| Title: | The George Raper Collection |
| Reference: | http://www.nla.gov.au/exhibitions/georgeraper/ |
| Description: | In 2000, the National Library acquired 9 maps, 9 paintings and a manuscript notebook from the First Fleet collection. Experience the wonder and peril of the voyage that changed Australian history, through the eyes of seventeen year old Midshipman George Raper. |
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