Travelling desk of Australian woodsUse: MATERIALS - Wood User: Man
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Donor
Hooker Joseph D
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Donor Date
07/03/1888
Donor Notes
Ferdinand Bauer presented this desk to his brother Francis in 1805.x0Dx0AThen bequeathed to Sir JD Hooker by the late John Smith, Curator of Kewx0Dx0A
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Ferdinand Bauer
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Label source: Made by a convict in Sydney from Australian woods for the botanical artist Ferdinand Bauer who presented it to his brother Francis.x0Dx0APlate reads: THIS DESK was Manufactured by a Convict AT SYDNEY IN NEW SOUTH WALES INTIRELY OF THE NATIVE WO, ODS OF THAT COUNTRY and brought from thence and Presented to me BY MY BROTHER FERDINAND BAUER 1805.x0Dx0A