Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9203
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Portrait of Sydney Parkinson
Date
1773
Sitter
Sydney Parkinson (1740 - 1771, British) , Artist
Creator
James Newton (1748 - 1808, British) , Engraver
Object type
Library reference
58306
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 250mm
width (print): 190mm
width (print): 190mm
Subject
Geography
> Exploration
Biology
> Botany
Politics & Government
> Political doctrines
> British colonialism
Politics & Government
> Political doctrines
> British Empire
> Exploration
Biology
> Botany
Politics & Government
> Political doctrines
> British colonialism
Politics & Government
> Political doctrines
> British Empire
Description
Half-length portrait of Sydney Parkinson, sitting at a desk with writing equipment, turned to the left [as viewed]. In an oval frame with leafy detailing, below which a banner is inscribed: 'SYDNEY PARKINSON'.
Frontispiece to A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's ship, The Endeavour, by Sydney Parkinson (London, 1773), which was published posthumously.
Sydney Parkinson (c.1745-1771) Scottish natural history artist and Joseph Banks's (1743–1820) illustrator on board HMS Endeavour's voyage to the Pacific in 1768, under Lieutenant James Cook (1728-1779).
Endeavour's mission was to explore the 'unknown southern land', Terra Australis Incognita, and observe the Transit of Venus, which they did from Tahiti on 3rd June 1769.
Frontispiece to A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's ship, The Endeavour, by Sydney Parkinson (London, 1773), which was published posthumously.
Sydney Parkinson (c.1745-1771) Scottish natural history artist and Joseph Banks's (1743–1820) illustrator on board HMS Endeavour's voyage to the Pacific in 1768, under Lieutenant James Cook (1728-1779).
Endeavour's mission was to explore the 'unknown southern land', Terra Australis Incognita, and observe the Transit of Venus, which they did from Tahiti on 3rd June 1769.
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