Engraving
Maker & role
Robert Dodd (b.1748, d.1816), Artist; Robert Dodd (b.1748, d.1816), Engraver; Benjamin Beale Evans, Publisher
Production date
02 Oct 1790
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Title
The mutineers turning Lieut. Bligh and part of the officers and crew adrift from His Majesty's Ship the Bounty.
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Measurements
Sight, H: 41.5 x W: 59.3cm (H: 415 x W: 593mm); Plate mark, H: 47.2 x W: 62.5cm (H: 472 x W: 625mm)
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Signature & marks
Title, imprint, dedication and other text engraved beneath image; dedication "To the West Indies Planters and Merchants, On whose benevolent representation to Government the expedition for transporting the valuable Bread Fruit Tree to the British Islands in the West Indies was undertaken. This Print is repectfully inscribed by their most obedt. & very humble servt. - B.B. Evans. Pub. Octr. 2 1790 by B.B. Evans. Poultry, London. [also with a] Descriptive Legend from Bligh's Narrative ..."
Credit line
Gift, through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, 2006
Caroline Simpson Collection, Museum of Sydney Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Caroline Simpson Collection, Museum of Sydney Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Caption
The mutineers turning Lieut. Bligh and part of the officers and crew adrift from His Majesty's Ship the Bounty
Description
This hand-coloured engraving depicts mutineers turning Captain William Bligh and some of his officers and crew adrift from HMS Bounty. Bligh would later become the fourth Governor of the colony of NSW and take up residence in first Government House where he was later deposed of his governorship by armed force during the ‘Rum Rebellion’ in 1808.
Accession number
MOS2007/14
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