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C1852
Eagle Hawk Neck.
Scarce c.19th hand coloured lithographed view of Eaglehawk Neck, the narrow isthmus at the top of the Tasman Peninsula. In colonial times, it was manned by guards who ran a chain from one side of the neck to the other, … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Eagle Hawk Neck.
Date:
C1852
Condition:
In good condition
Technique:
Hand coloured lithograph.
Image Size:
192mm
x 113mm
Paper Size:
218mm
x 137mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1852
Description:
Scarce c.19th hand coloured lithographed view of Eaglehawk Neck, the narrow isthmus at the top of the Tasman Peninsula.
In colonial times, it was manned by guards who ran a chain from one side of the neck to the other, and tethered savage dogs to it to stop prisoners escaping.
References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 :: 12957.
Craig, C. Old Tasmanian Prints. Launceston 1964 :: p.258.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 2970080, 1562126
State Library New South Wales: 991012387349702626
State Library Victoria: 998745193607636
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 :: 12957.
Craig, C. Old Tasmanian Prints. Launceston 1964 :: p.258.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 2970080, 1562126
State Library New South Wales: 991012387349702626
State Library Victoria: 998745193607636
Godfrey Charles Mundy (1804 - 1860)
Mundy was a soldier and author. He entered the army as an ensign in 1821, was commissioned lieutenant in 1823, captain 1826, major 1839, lieutenant-colonel 1845, and colonel 1854. In 1825-26 he was decorated while serving in India as aide-de-camp to Lord Combermere at the siege and storming of Bhurtpore. He was later stationed in Canada and arrived in Sydney from London in the Agincourt in June 1846 as deputy adjutant general of the military forces in Australia. In Australia Mundy accompanied his cousin Governor Sir Charles Fitzroy on several outback tours in New South Wales, and visited Victoria, Van Diemen's Land and New Zealand. He left in August 1851 and during the Crimean war was appointed under-secretary in the War Office. On 4 April 1857 he was appointed lieutenant-governor of Jersey in the Channel Islands with the local rank of major-general. He died in London on 10 July 1860 survived by his wife Louisa Katrina Herbert, whom he had married in Sydney on 6 June 1848, and by their son.
