Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Collection of caricatures of Sir Joseph Banks 1789-1842
- Extent:
- 23.00
- Language:
- English Italian
- Preferred citation:
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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.
Background
- Scope and content:
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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]
- Biographical / historical:
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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.
- Processing information:
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Index created by Thai-Van Stanoff, student assistant, in Autumn 2023.
- Arrangement:
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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.
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was encoding in EAD by Archon 3.21 from an SQL database source on March 11th, 2024 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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This collection is open for research. Please page materials three business days in advance of your visit by email: sutro@library.ca.gov .
- Terms of access:
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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 .
- Preferred citation:
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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.
- Location of this collection:
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SFSU - J. Paul Leonard Library1630 Holloway Ave, Room 610San Francisco, CA 94132-4030, US
- Contact:
- (415) 469-6100