Browse DSIDetails of the item << Previous Next >> Raper George G. R. ; 1769 in London (not in Yorkshire as somet.claimed) 1796 Martinique / Barbados Henry Raper (1770 c. -1796 after) Catherine (1770 c. -1796 after) (mother) ; trained as naval officer for the Royal Navy which he entered in 1783 as a servant to the capt. of HMS Sirius, prom.able seaman in 1786, midshipman '87 Australia Vice-Admiral John Hunter (1737-1821) ; Royal Navy (sailed with the First Fleet 1778-92); Lord Ducie Moreton ; topographical, natural, landscape, zoological, and ornithological drawing, watercolour, painting, and sketching ; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Waratah_1789.jpg ; Natural History Museum London; Turnbull Library Wellington, New Zealand; Public Record Office Kew UK: (+ before 2 Oct. 96)) ; ... AKL ; Sawyer 1971:173f. ; Pinault 1991: 85f. & 263 ; Jackson 1994: 13,118,124-25 ; Magee 2009: 73ff., 88-91, 105 & 253 ; Active in Sydney, NSW. Illustrator midshipman on HMS Sirius, commander of HMS Expedition.
Further archival source: https://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/raper-george.html .
Further Places of Activity: United Kingdom (England) and Martinique / Barbados. 95137111
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