IMAGE
[Wallis, Samuel] 1728-1795 :[Osnaburg Island or Mehetia, Society Island. 17 July 1767]
- Date
- 1767
- By
- Wallis, Samuel, 1728-1795; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918
- Reference
- B-116-001
- Description
Captain Samuel Wallis' ship the Dolphin, leaning against wind and rain to the left, against a background of a volcanic rocky, bush-clad, conical island. There are three native canoes nearby, one with a sail
The identification on the back 'Lord Howe's Island' (Maupiha in the Leeward Islands, north of Tahiti) is incorrect.
Other Titles - Lord Howe's Island, Maupiha [former title]
Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Whitsunday Island June 7 1767 [in pencil, crossed out. Beneath that, also in pencil] Lord Howe's Island. [Centre, also in pencil, a large] 1
Related images: a similar drawing in the National Library of Australia is titled 'Osnaburg Island'. In addition, the profile of this island, Osnaburg or Mehetia, was published as an engraving in Hawkesworth, J. Voyages in the Southern Hemisphere (London, 1773), Vol. I, p. 491 and in later publications
The artist Samuel Wallis was Captain of the ship 'Dolphin' and the first European to encounter the Tuamotu Archipelago and the Society Islands, now French Polynesia, in 1767.
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Pen and ink and wash, 289 x 405 mm
Provenance: Collection of A. H. Turnbull. Purchased with 10 other drawings and Wallis' log-book from London dealer Quaritch in 1912 for £250.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 drawing(s), Works of art, Wash drawings, Pen and ink and wash, 289 x 405 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image, Watermark: J WHATMAN
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