Shooting guanacoes on the banks of the Santa Cruz River
One of a group of 15 watercolours made by Conrad Martens of Robert Fitzroy's voyage of the 'Beagle'. It depicts the bank of the Santa Cruz river where three men holding rifles are shooting at guanacoes, which are running away towards the top left section of the drawing. Three small boats can be seen moored on the river in the bottom right corner. This occured in Patagonia on 2 May 1834. See 'Conrad Martens's"Beagle" Pictures', no.190, in R.D. Keynes (ed.), 'The Beagle Record...' (CUP, 1979), pp.389-402 (and illustrated on p. 212). The drawing is based on one which Keynes calls no. 189 in Martens's first voyage sketchbook, now (with the third) in Cambridge University Library. For notes on Martens, see PAF6227.
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Object Details
ID: | PAF6234 |
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Type: | Drawing |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Martens, Conrad |
Places: | Unlinked place |
Date made: | April 1835 - January 1836 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
Measurements: | Mount: 7 5/8 in x 11 1/2 in |