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Collection Title: Collection of caricatures of Sir Joseph Banks
Dates: 1789-1842
Identification: M000105
Physical Description: 23.00
Language of Materials:
English
Italian
Repository:
Sutro Library, California State Library
1630 Holloway Avenue
5th floor
San Francisco, CA, 94132-4030
URL: http://www.library.ca.gov/about/sutro_main.html
Email: sutro@library.ca.gov
Phone: 415-469-6100
Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820) was an English naturalist, botanist, and patron of the natural sciences. He was the president
of the Royal Society and an acknowledged expert on colonization, exploreation, currency, botanic gardens, sheep, and New South
Wales in Australia. His high profile and extensive influence in society inspired admiration and many portraits of Banks throughout
his lifetime. This fame also inspired lampooning as seen in the James Gillray (1756-1815) cartoon of "The Great South Sea
Catepillar' created when Banks was invested as a Knight of the Order of the Bath in 1795.
Index created by Thai-Van Stanoff, student assistant, in Autumn 2023.
Property rights reside with the repository. Any applicable literary rights would reside with the creators of the documents
or their heirs. To obtain permission to publish or reproduce, please email: sutro@library.ca.gov .
This collection is open for research. Please page materials three business days in advance of your visit by email: sutro@library.ca.gov
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[Identification of item] Collection of caricatures of Sir Joseph Banks, 1789-1842, M000105, Sutro Library, California State
Library, San Francisco, Calif.
Researchers interested in Sir Joseph Banks should consult the Sutro Library's Sir Joseph Banks Collection, 1770-1812, call
number M000007.
This collection is arranged into four folders based on the size of the documents:
Folder 1: Portraits [smaller] and a document, 1740-1836 [15 items]
Folder 2: Portraits [larger], 1810-1831 [6 items]
Folder 3: Lease [1 item]
Folder 4: Cartoon [1 item]
Item titles are derived from the artists' names. Dates for items are derived from the date of creation or publication date
when noted.
This collection includes portraits created throughout Sir Joseph Banks' lifetime "...including proof copies, separately issued
prints and the Gillray caricature of Banks as 'The Great South Sea Caterpillar.' Also included is a signed vellum lease document
dated 1801 and a biographical piece in Italian honoring Banks' work as a naturalist." [Taken from bookseller's description]