C1846

Killing an Alligator, Victoria River.

Rare engraving showing the crew killing an alligator on the Victoria River, Northern Territory while on  the 3rd expedition of the Beagle, 1837-1843. Stokes recounted that the crocodile took six shots before finally dying and that this scene represented the … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Killing an Alligator, Victoria River.

Date:

C1846

Condition:

In good condition.

Technique:

Hand coloured copper engraving.

Image Size: 

140mm 
x 93mm

Paper Size: 

219mm 
x 140mm
AUTHENTICITY
Killing an Alligator, Victoria River. - Antique View from 1846

Genuine antique
dated:

1846

Description:

Rare engraving showing the crew killing an alligator on the Victoria River, Northern Territory while on  the 3rd expedition of the Beagle, 1837-1843.

Stokes recounted that the crocodile took six shots before finally dying and that this scene represented the moment after the crocodile was first shot.

References:
Ferguson, J. A. Bibliography of Australia Volumes 1-8, Canberra 1976 4406.
Wantrup, J. Australian Rare Books. Sydney 1987 89a.

Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 2842583
State Library New South Wales: CALL NUMBERS MD 2 U 14
State Library Victoria: RARELT 919.4 ST6
Royal Geographic Society SA: RGS Special Coll. 919.4042 S874
Royal Museum Greenwich: ID: PAG8139 (original ink drawing)
State Library of Western Australia: 919.4 STO

Graham Gore (1809 - 1847)

Gore was an officer of the Royal Navy and polar explorer who participated in two expeditions to the Arctic and a survey of the coastline of Australia aboard HMS Beagle. In 1845 he served under Sir John Franklin as First Lieutenant on the Erebus during the Franklin expedition to discover the Northwest Passage, which ended with the loss of all 129 officers and crewmen in mysterious circumstances.

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