IMAGE
[Rooker, Michael Angelo], 1743-1801 :Wallis attacked at Otaheite [London, Sir Richard Phillips & Co., 1820]
- Date
- 1768 - 1820
- By
- Rooker, Michael Angelo, 1743-1801
- Reference
- A-211-038
- Description
The Dolphin close to hilly shores, with smoke from its guns on both sides, surrounded by many Tahitians in canoes. Some of the men in the canoes are standing, apparently hurling rocks at the ship. The canoe in the right foreground is a large ocean-going double-hulled canoe with a platform. A few men can also be seen on land.
The Dolphin arrived at Tahiti in 1768
Extended Title - Published in Samuel Prior's "All the voyages round the world"
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Engraving, b&w, 78 x 117 mm on sheet 102 x 180 mm
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- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- [Various artists] :[Plates from All the voyages round the world] - [London ; Sir Richard Phillips & Co., 1820] / [Various artists] :[1. Wallis attacked at Otaheite; 2. Death of Captain Cook. London ; Sir Richard Phillips & Co., 1820]
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Engravings, Engraving, b&w, 78 x 117 mm on sheet 102 x 180 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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