The Resource A steady hand : Governor Hunter & his First Fleet sketchbook, Linda Groom
A steady hand : Governor Hunter & his First Fleet sketchbook, Linda Groom
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The item A steady hand : Governor Hunter & his First Fleet sketchbook, Linda Groom represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item A steady hand : Governor Hunter & his First Fleet sketchbook, Linda Groom represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- Some biographers are critical of John Hunter's leadership style as the Governor of Port Jackson. Others say he was a failure at sea. Linda Groom disagrees and claims that Hunter was an outstanding seaman whose mere survival as governor was an achievement for his time. Linda Groom is Curator of the National Library of Australia's Pictures Collection
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- vi, 229 p.
- Note
- Includes portfolio of images from the Hunter sketchbook (Birds & flowers of New South Wales drawn on the spot in 1788, '89 & '90)
- Isbn
- 9780642277077
- Label
- A steady hand : Governor Hunter & his First Fleet sketchbook
- Title
- A steady hand
- Title remainder
- Governor Hunter & his First Fleet sketchbook
- Statement of responsibility
- Linda Groom
- Title variation
- Steady hand
- Title variation remainder
- Governor Hunter and his First Fleet sketchbook
- Subject
-
- Governors -- New South Wales -- Biography
- Hunter, John, 1737-1821
- Hunter, John, 1737-1821 -- Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc
- Natural history -- New South Wales -- Pictorial works
- Natural history illustration -- New South Wales
- Natural history illustrators -- New South Wales -- Biography
- trueFirst Fleet, 1787-1788
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Some biographers are critical of John Hunter's leadership style as the Governor of Port Jackson. Others say he was a failure at sea. Linda Groom disagrees and claims that Hunter was an outstanding seaman whose mere survival as governor was an achievement for his time. Linda Groom is Curator of the National Library of Australia's Pictures Collection
- Biography type
- individual biography
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Groom, Linda
- Dewey number
- 994.02
- Government publication
- federal national government publication
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- portraits
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1737-1821
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Hunter, John
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Hunter, John
- Hunter, John
- Natural history illustrators
- Natural history illustration
- Natural history
- First Fleet, 1787-1788
- Governors
- Label
- A steady hand : Governor Hunter & his First Fleet sketchbook, Linda Groom
- Note
- Includes portfolio of images from the Hunter sketchbook (Birds & flowers of New South Wales drawn on the spot in 1788, '89 & '90)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control code
- 000047175174
- Dimensions
- 30 cm.
- Extent
- vi, 229 p.
- Isbn
- 9780642277077
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), ports. (some col.)
- Label
- A steady hand : Governor Hunter & his First Fleet sketchbook, Linda Groom
- Note
- Includes portfolio of images from the Hunter sketchbook (Birds & flowers of New South Wales drawn on the spot in 1788, '89 & '90)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control code
- 000047175174
- Dimensions
- 30 cm.
- Extent
- vi, 229 p.
- Isbn
- 9780642277077
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill. (some col.), maps (some col.), ports. (some col.)
Subject
- Governors -- New South Wales -- Biography
- Hunter, John, 1737-1821
- Hunter, John, 1737-1821 -- Notebooks, sketchbooks, etc
- Natural history -- New South Wales -- Pictorial works
- Natural history illustration -- New South Wales
- Natural history illustrators -- New South Wales -- Biography
- trueFirst Fleet, 1787-1788
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