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.

Object Details

ID: PAF6234
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