High Court of Admiralty Prize Papers
The Keeper's Gallery at The National Archives in Kew is currently featuring what sounds like a rather fascinating exhibition on the High Court of Admiralty Prize Papers; a large collection of ships documents, private papers and correspondence recovered from vessels seized during the 17th to 19th centuries. The exhibition focuses on papers belonging to a Dutch ship, the Henriette which was captured in 1803 by the frigate Lapwing, Captain Alexander Skene, while returning from China with a cargo of tea. Amongst the items recovered from the Henriette were a pouch of seeds collected by a Dutch plant collector and wine producer Jan Teerlink, samples of silk, and several songs and poems including sheet music for a French love song, Romances d’Estelle by François Devienne, composer and professor for flute at the Paris Conservatory.
Jan Bekker Teirlinck
Alexander Skene
François Devienne
I don't know anything about Teerlink, Devienne or Skene, but this sounds like a fascinating exhibition and the haul recovered from the Henriette sounds like something worthy of the Aubreyad!
Seeds collected by Teirlinck
Romances d’Estelle by Devienne
Jan Bekker Teirlinck
Alexander Skene
François Devienne
I don't know anything about Teerlink, Devienne or Skene, but this sounds like a fascinating exhibition and the haul recovered from the Henriette sounds like something worthy of the Aubreyad!
Seeds collected by Teirlinck
Romances d’Estelle by Devienne