IMAGE
Cleveley, James fl 1776-1780 :[View of Charlotte Sound in New Zealand in the South Seas. [i. e. Matavai Bay, Tahiti, 1779]. Drawn on the spot by James Cleveley, painted by John Clevely, London. F. Jukes aquatt. London, Thomas Martyn, 1788]
- Date
- 1778 - 1788 - 1779
- By
- Cleveley, James, active 1776-1780; Cleveley, John, 1747-1786; Jukes, Francis, 1745-1812; Thomas Martyn (Firm); Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918
- Reference
- C-036-021
- Description
Title a misnomer for Matavai Bay, Tahiti. Shows Captain Cook with Tahitians on the beach, Tahitian dwellings, canoes and Cook's 2 ships, the Resolution and Discovery.
Proof before lettering with 'Charlotte Sound' written in pencil in left margin. Margins trimmed and title very faintly visible beneath image. Glued to board
Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).
Physical Description: Aquatint, hand-coloured, 431 x 598 mm (image) on sheet 486 x 662 mm
Provenance: Collection of Alexander Turnbull.
Processing information: Originally bound in: Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, Cook's Voyages. Plate II (f910.4/ COO acc. no. 281)
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 colour art print(s), Works of art, Aquatints, Aquatint, hand-coloured, 431 x 598 mm (image) on sheet 486 x 662 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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