[A long green dolphin fish with blue dorsal and pectoral fins, and its mouth ajar; the brig Venus travelling in the Atlantic Ocean under a dark sky, the moon visible through a break in the clouds, and Corvo Island and another ship visible in the distance; four birds flying above the island of Graciosa; and a coastal view of São Jorge Island]

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Title: [A long green dolphin fish with blue dorsal and pectoral fins, and its mouth ajar; the brig Venus travelling in the Atlantic Ocean under a dark sky, the moon visible through a break in the clouds, and Corvo Island and another ship visible in the distance; four birds flying above the island of Graciosa; and a coastal view of São Jorge Island]
Date: 1806 July 19; 1806 July 29; 1806 July 31; 1806
Creator: Barrell, George Guelphs, 1780-1838.
Notes: "At about sunset caught a Dolphin, which differing so much from the idea I had formed of them and supposing that some of my friends ideas respecting the fish were as erroneous as my own, I took a sketch, as well as the motion of the vessel would allow"; "at half past 11 P.M. made the Island of Carvo [sic], the Westmost of the Azores or Western Islands, which bore S.3 Leagues dist., it being very cloudy and hazy, did not perceive it sooner. It had the appearance of a heavy bank of clouds but the moon shedding a few rays, enabled me to take a sketch of the two ends--"; "At 1/2 before 12 made the Island of Graciosa, which bore E. dist. 7 leagues. I took a sketch of the two bearings"; "The Island of St. George appeared to the Southward of Graciosa at about 10 leagues dist."; George Barrell, Ms., July 19, 1806; July 29, 1806; July 31, 1806; 1806. s.l., page 5. From a bound account entitled "Journal of a Voyage from Boston to Malaga in the Brig Venus and Return in the Schooner Louisiana by George Barrell." Along with Barrell's prose descriptions of life at sea and detailed depictions of Gibraltar and Malaga, the author drew 32 colored illustrations, primarily of landscapes and people he encountered on his journey.
Names and Subjects: Atlantic Ocean--Description and travel.; Atlantic Ocean--Pictorial works.; Atlantic Ocean in art.; Azores--Description and travel.; Azores--Pictorial works.; Birds--1800-1810.; Birds--Atlantic Ocean.; Birds--Flight--Pictorial works.; Birds--Islands of the Atlantic.; Birds in art.; Clouds--1800-1810.; Clouds--North Atlantic Region.; Clouds--Pictorial works.; Clouds in art.; Corvo Island (Azores); Dolphinfishes.; Fins (Anatomy); Fishes--Color; Fishes--Pictorial works.; Fishes in art.; Graciosa Island (Azores); Horizon.; Masts and rigging.; Moon--1800-1810.; Moon--In art.; Moon--Pictorial works.; Mountains--1800-1810.; Mountains--Portugal.; Mountains in art.; Night--1800-1810.; Night--Pictorial works.; Night in art.; São Jorge Island (Azores); Ships--1800-1810.; Ships--Drawings.; Ships--Pictorial works.; Ships in art.; Transatlantic voyages.; Venus (Brig); Manuscripts shelf.
Genre: Journals (accounts); Pen and wash drawings.; Watercolors (paintings)
Collection Title: George Barrell journal
Collection Creator: Barrell, George Guelphs, 1780-1838.
Project Name: Illustrated Manuscripts Project
ID: 5812
Repository: William L. Clements Library
Date Added/Updated: 2018-07-19 17:02:00

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Full citation: "[A long green dolphin fish with blue dorsal and pectoral fins, and its mouth ajar; the brig Venus travelling in the Atlantic Ocean under a dark sky, the moon visible through a break in the clouds, and Corvo Island and another ship visible in the distance; four birds flying above the island of Graciosa; and a coastal view of São Jorge Island]". https://quod.lib.umich.edu/w/wcl1ic/x-5812/wcl005885. In the digital collection William L. Clements Library Image Bank. William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. May 03, 2024.

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