Forbes, James, 1749–1819, Porto Sancto, one of the Madeira-Islands; at six Leagues distance. J. Forbes 1765, 1765?
- Call Number:
- Folio A 2023 69
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Creator:
- Forbes, James, 1749–1819
- Title(s):
- Porto Sancto, one of the Madeira-Islands; at six Leagues distance. J. Forbes 1765
- Date:
- 1765?
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series I: A voyage from England to Bombay with descriptions in Asia, Africa, and South America
- Part of Collection:
- volume 1, page 25
- Provenance:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts.
- Scope and Content:
- The drawing depicts Forbes's ship approaching Porto Sancto. Top of page: "One of the Insulae Purpurariae." Bottom of page: a passage beginning "Our native soil now far behind, we ply the lonely waste of seas and boundless sky," a paraphrase of a translation of the Portuguses epic poem, "The Lusiads," by Luís Vaz de Camões (c. 1524-1580), available in a popular English translation in 1776.
- Additional Notes:
- The ship has been stuck onto the image.
- Physical Description:
- 1 drawing : watercolor and gouache with pen and ink ; 18 x 26 cm
- Genre:
- Watercolors (paintings), Botanical illustrations, Ornithological illustrations, Travel sketches, Maps, Drawings (visual works), Engravings (prints), and Portraits
- Subject Terms:
- Forbes, James, 1749-1819. Descriptive letters and drawingsForbes, James, 1749-1819. Oriental memoirs
- Associated Places:
- EnglandItalyScotlandWales
- Associated People/Groups:
- East India CompanyForbes, James, 1749-1819
- Finding Aid Title:
- James Forbes archive
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/11734.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3199245
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3199245?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1