AR / ITEM / 00100123

First Fleet table

Maker unknown

George III-era Pembroke table made in London using Australian 'beefwood' sent from Port Jackson by First Fleet surgeon John White to his patron Sir Andrew Snape Hamond.

Date
1790s
Collection
National Museum of Australia

Plate not recorded
No photograph with documented reuse rights is held for this record.

Record

Medium
Australian beefwood veneer; tulipwood
Dimensions
60.5 cm high
Origin
United Kingdom

In the Tapestry

Associated with
First FleetA

Provenance and history

  1. 1790s

    CreatedA

  2. 1790s

    Made in London from Australian timberA

    The beefwood used in the veneer was sent from Port Jackson by Surgeon-General John White.

Sources

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