Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Lambert, Aylmer Bourke
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Met [William] Westall [(1781-1850) painter and engraver] at Sir Joseph Banks' just returned from [Matthew] Flinders' [(1774-1814) naval officer] expedition [to circumnavigate Australia]. His plant specimens were wrecked on a sandbank but he saved his drawings. Would like Smith to arrange an introduction to Westall as he is a relative. Received seeds from Lady [Amelia] Hume. A dispute between Banks and [Robert John] Thornton [(c 1768-1837), physician and writer on botany] originating from Thornton applying for Banks' portrait [for inclusion in "New Illustration of the Sexual System of Linnaeus"]. Thornton also in a "sad scrape" with [William George] Maton for obtaining a copy of Maton's engraving of Linnaeus from his engraver.
[Letter incomplete: half of second folio cropped, presumed destroyed]
Letter date:
22 Mar 1805
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
6.81
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 25 Mar [1805] |
| Finding Aids | Dawson, W R, (1934). "Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of The Linnean Society - Part I. The Smith papers: The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Edward Smith", London: Linnean Society. |
| Related Material | For further discussion of Thornton see JES/COR/6/41; JES/COR/6/42.
Thornton, R J, (1797-1807). "A new illustration of the sexual system of Linnaeus." London: [privately]. |
