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Sydney Parkinson : artist of Cook's Endeavour voyage / D.J. Carr, editor.
Record no.:
3895
Author:
Carr, D. J. (Denis John), 1915-2008.;
Parkinson, Sydney, 1745?-1771.;
British Museum (Natural History);
Publisher:
Canberra :: British Museum (Natural History) in association with Australian National University Press,
Year:
1983.
Series:
Susan Crooke Memorial Collection
Description:
xv, 300 pages : illustrations ; 25 x 25 cm
Subject:
Parkinson, Sydney, 1745?-1771.;
Cook, James, 1728-1779 Travel.;
Cook, James, 1728-1779.;
Endeavour (Ship);
Botanical illustration.;
Notes:
Simultaneously published: London : British Museum, 1983.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-281) and index.Noel Dan
Gift ;
2023.
Type:
Monograph
ISBN:
0708111726 : 070990794X (London : British Museum (Natural History));
Abstract:
Sydney Parkinson was one of the botanical artists on Captain Cook's journey's on the Endeavour. He was the first botanical artist to draw and paint plants collected on the exploratory voyages and he was the first artist to set foot on Australian soil,
to draw an authentic Australian landscape, and to portray Aboriginals from direct observation. Everything is included in this large volume in the way of explanatory texts which accompany over 250 plates, nearly all of them executed by Parkinson as original drawings and paintings. The chapters correspond to the main areas in which discoveries were made. Much of the original material is still available for inspection at the British Museum (Natural History). A substantial proportion of the plates are in full colour, and included with them is information about the current whereabouts of the original material.
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