Papers relating to J H Boteler's early career, including loose notes, drawings and sketches, 1804-1825.

Loose notes, drawings and sketches made by J.H. Boteler between 1804 and 1825, including: Frontispiece of Log of HMS ORONTES, kept by Boteler as a Mate betwen April and August 1815; a sketch of HMS FLYING FISH, tender to HMS ANTELOPE, the ship on which Boteler served under his uncle John Harvey, dated 1817; interesting sketches of Caribbiean flora and fauna from 1816-1818; Drawings of the storerooms of HMS RINGDOVE (1822) and HMS NORTHUMBERLAND (1823); a verse written while under the influence of fever, at Port Royal Hospital, Jamaica, between September 1823 and October 1823, by J.H. Boteler Lt. of the GLOUCESTER then commanding RENEGADE.

Record Details

Item reference: BTL/1/1; MSS/77/066 MSS/77/066.0
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Date made: 1804-1825
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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