Conrad Martens
(England, Australia 1801–21 Aug 1878)
- Title
- Untitled (Tahiti?)
- Year
- (circa 1835)
- Media category
- Watercolour
- Materials used
- watercolour on paper
- Dimensions
-
25.8 x 40.4cm sight
- Credit
- Bequest of Leila (Jill) MacDonald 2006
- Accession number
- 135.2006
- Location
- Not on display
- Further information
Conrad Martens spent seven weeks sketching in Tahiti, en route to Sydney in 1835. Several of his Tahitian drawings were purchased in Sydney by Robert FitzRoy (1805-65) and used to illustrate the 2nd volume of his published narrative on the voyage of the Beagle.
© Australian Art Department, Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2006
