IMAGE
Ellis, William Wade, d 1785 :Otaheite? [A double canoe of the Sandwich Islands. 1779]
- Date
- 1779
- Reference
- A-264-021-1
- Description
A broadside view of three figures in a large Hawaian double canoe, with a triangular sail
Joppien / Smith number for this drawing is 3.321. The drawing is very similar to A-264-047-1, another view by Ellis of a similar canoe, seen from above. The annotator of the drawing has mistakenly assumed the canoe is Tahitian.
Inscriptions: Recto - top right - 'Otaheite?' in ink. also repeated as 'Otaheiti' bottom right
Drawn on Cook's third circumnavigation
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Ink & wash, 306 x 185 mm
Provenance: Astley family; sold 1974.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Ellis, William Wade, d 1785 :[A collection of drawings made by William Ellis on H.M.S. Discovery and Resolution during Captain Cook's third voyage to the Pacific 1776-1780] / Ellis, William Wade, d 1785 :[A collection of drawings made by William Ellis on H.M.S. Discovery and Resolution during Captain Cook's third voyage to the Pacific 1776-1780]
- Format
- 1 drawing(s), Works of art, Wash drawings, Ink & wash, 306 x 185 mm, Orientation: Vertical image, Watermark: Watermark of Pro Patria with Britannia
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