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Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771 :View of an arched rock on the coast of New Zealand with an hippa, or place of retreat, on the top of it. S. Parkinson del; J. Newton sc. London, 1784. Plate XXIV.
- Date
- 1769 - 1784
- By
- Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Newton, J, active 1784; Sporing, Herman Diedrich, 1733-1771
- Reference
- PUBL-0037-24
- Description
The arched rock at Mercury Bay, with a small canoe with a sail beneath it and the Endeavour at anchor to the right beyond the rock. The palisades and some buildings of the pa (Te Puta o te Paretauhinu) on top of the rock, with a figure to the right waving a cloth. Canoes pulled up on the lower reaches of the rock. The rock has subsequently collapsed.
Parkinson was the artist on Captain Cook's voyage to New Zealand in 1769.
Other Titles - Pa
Based on a wash drawing now in the British Library by Herman Diedrich Sporing, presumably copied by Parkinson. John Hawkesworth's version (in his Voyages..., London, 1773) of this view reverses the rock, adds a kangaroo and a war canoe.
Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).
Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured, 225 x 270 mm
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- 1 colour art print(s), Works of art, Engravings, Marines (Visual works), Albums, Engraving, hand-coloured, 225 x 270 mm
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