IMAGE
Ellis, William Wade, d 1785 :Canoe of Otaheite. [1777]
- Date
- 1777
- Reference
- A-264-029-1
- Description
A broadside view of a sailing canoe, with outriggers a mast and a sail attached. In the top right is the figure of a man, leaning forward, possibly intended to represent a rower
Joppien / Smith number 3.134.
Other Titles - A sailing canoe of Otaheite [Joppien / Smith title]. Tahiti
Inscriptions: Recto - top right - 'Canoe of Otaheite' in ink. Also number in pencil top right n.178
Drawn on Cook's third circumnavigation
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Pen and ink, 185 x 295 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, Ink drawings, Pen and ink, 185 x 295 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image, Watermark: Watermark of Pro Patria with Britannia
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