Matavai Bay

Date: 1779 - 1831

By: Batty, Robert, -1848; Webber, John, 1751-1793

Reference: B-097-002

Description: Tahitian houses with coconut and banana palms, hills in the background Proof before letterpress for illustration in Barrow, John. The eventful history of the mutiny and piractical seizure of H. M. S. Bounty. opp. p. 29. After an engraving by John Webber on James Cook's third voyage. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 69 x 105 mm (image) on sheet 300 x 433 mm

Date: 1838 - 1835 - 1843 - 1836

From: Various artists :[66 engravings of Oceanian subjects, including Tahiti, Marquesas, Tonga, Pitcairn, Vanuatu, and Polynesia in general. 1838-1843].

By: Danvin, Victor Marie Felix, 1802-1842

Reference: A-318-039

Description: Shows a scene of a lake or broad river, with two figures in the left foreground, one bending over a narrow plank or boat. Across the water are one or two huts, and there are hills in the distance. Plate 154 in Domeny de Rienzi's book. In the French edition, Danvin is inscribed as the copyist and Chavannes as the engraver, but the Italian version appears to be by a different engraver. Other Titles - Iles Taiti - Vue d'un interieur de Matavai Other Titles - Tahiti - View of an interior of Matavai Extended Title - From G L Domeny's "Oceania o quinta parte del mondo revista geografica ed etnografica della Malesia, della Micronesia, della Polinesia e della Melanesia ...". Venezia, Giuseppe Antonelli, 1838-43. (Italian edition of his "Oceanie ...". Paris, Firmin Didot freres, 1835-36). Inscriptions: Recto - top right - 154 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) extracted from book.. Physical Description: Engraving, black and white, on paper, 141 x 216 mm. Provenance: Purchased at Dunbar Sloane Ltd Winter Antique auction, 1997, lots 462, 463, 466, 468, and 470.

Date: 1769 - 1820

From: [Various artists] :[Plates from All the voyages round the world] - [London ; Sir Richard Phillips & Co., 1820]

By: Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771

Reference: A-211-062/063

Description: The top image is based on an original drawing by Sydney Parkinson in 1769, shows an outrigger boat with a sail, and in the left foreground a man paddling on a raft. There is a further sailed canoe in the left distance and headlands in the right background. The lower image, from an original drawing titled "tupapow" by Parkinson in 1769, shows a masked and robed ceremonial figure with a long staff in the left foreground. In the centre middle background is a fence enclosure containing a roofed platform on which a shrouded body is lying. Other Titles - Matavai; tupapow; tupapau Extended Title - Published in Samuel Prior's "All the voyages round the world" Quantity: 2 b&w art print(s) on one sheet. Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 180 x 104 mm.

Date: 1793

By: Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Klauber, Ignaz Sebastian, 1753-1817

Reference: B-054-002

Description: A Dutch language copy of a drawing made on Cook's 1st voyage Other Titles - View of Matavai Bay in the Island Otaheiti, Tahiti Extended Title - Derived from engraving (after a pen and wash drawing `One Tree Hill and Matavai Bay Tahiti', by Sydney Parkinson) in: Hawkesworth's Voyages, 1773, v. 2., pl. no. 2 Inscriptions: At head of plate: Pl. II Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, b&w 200 x 155 mm

Date: 1826

From: Chazal, Antoine, 1793-1854 :[Watercolours, proof engravings and aquatints by Antoine Chazal and others after drawings by Jules LeJeune and others for Duperrey's Voyage autour du monde ... Paris, 1822-1825]

By: LeJeune, Jules Louis, active 1804-1851

Reference: C-082-020

Description: A pandanus tree and coconut palms with dwellings on the far side of the river, a small canoe on the water, three people standing on the near bank Redrawn by Chazal from original by Lejeune, & engraved by Tardieu for publication as plate in Duperrey, L I Voyage... sur la Coquille... 1822... 1825... Histoire du voyage. Atlas (Paris, 1826) (fr910.4). Other Titles - View taken at Tahiti on the banks of the river Matavai [translation] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 130 x 200 mm on sheet 250 x 380 mm

Date: 1777 - 1955

By: Cleveley, John, 1747-1786

Reference: A-118-004

Description: Shows Capt Cook with Tahitians on beach, native canoes and sailing ships in bay. Other Titles - Title is misnomer for: Matavai Bay, Tahiti. Extended Title - Reproduced by] New Zealand [Shipping] Line [from a print of] an engraving published in 1787 [and based on the original watercolour by J. Cleveley. London 1955 Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph, 160 x 220 mm on sheet 253 x 263 mm

Date: 1788 - 1779

By: Cleveley, James, active 1776-1780

Reference: C-036-013

Description: Shows Captain Cook with Tahitians on the beach, dwellings, canoes and the Resolution and Discovery at anchor. The print is misnamed as showing Queen Charlotte Sound in New Zealand. It shows Matavai Bay, Tahiti See C-013-012 for hand-coloured version Other Titles - Clevely. View of Queen Charlotte Sound in New Zealand. Matavai Bay, Tahiti. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Aquatint (uncoloured), 472 x 613 mm (trimmed)

Date: 1778 - 1788 - 1779

By: Cleveley, James, active 1776-1780; Cleveley, John, 1747-1786; Jukes, Francis, 1745-1812; Thomas Martyn (Firm)

Reference: C-036-011

Description: Title a misnomer for Matavai Bay, Tahiti. Shows Captain Cook with Tahitians on the beach, Tahitian dwellings, canoes and Cook's 2 ships, the Resolution and Discovery. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Aquatint, sepia, 438 x 591 mm (image)

Date: 1788 - 1779

By: Cleveley, James, active 1776-1780

Reference: C-036-012

Description: Shows Captain Cook with Tahitians on the beach, dwellings, canoes and the Resolution and Discovery at anchor. The print is misnamed as [Queen] Charlotte Sound in New Zealand. It shows Matava1 Bay in Tahiti Other Titles - Clevely. View of Queen Charlotte sound in New Zealand. Matavai Bay, Tahiti Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Aquatint (hand-coloured), 483 x 635 mm (trimmed)

Date: 1803 - 1799

By: Bartolozzi, Francesco, 1727-1815; Smirke, Robert - 1752-1845

Reference: D-016-004

Description: A large group of Europeans on the right, including Captain James Wilson and his nephew William Wilson meeting with Tahitians on the left, including the Tahitian King and Queen. The King and Queen are held aloft on the shoulders of their bearers. Their blind witch doctor is crouching to the left. The picture was commissioned by the London Missionary Society. The oil painting from which this print was taken was commissioned from Smirke, the artist, by the London Missionary Society to commemorate the success of Captain Wilson's voyage to Tahiti. They sold the copyright to the print seller Jeffries in return for the first 400 copies of the print (100 coloured and 300 plain). See "European Vision and the South Pacific" by Bernard Smith, pp. 144-147; Also "Portraits of the Famous and Infamous" p. 324. The first edition of this print appeared in 1799 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured 520 x 736 mm on sheet 697 x 1000 mm

Date: 1774 - 1800 - 1830

From: [Various artists] :[Illustrations to Cook's voyages - London? 18--?]

Reference: A-111-092

Description: Shows Matavai Bay with Tahiti in the background, with small and large canoes in the foreground. The canoe to the right has a tall ornamented prow. Other Titles - Tahiti Hodges made the original picture in April 1774, on Cook's second voyage. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, b&w, image 100 x 175 mm, on sheet 145 x 222 mm

Date: 1774 - 1820

From: [Various artists] :[Plates from All the voyages round the world] - [London ; Sir Richard Phillips & Co., 1820]

By: Hodges, William, 1744-1797

Reference: A-211-046/047

Description: The top image, from an original made in 1774 by William Hodges, shows Matavai Bay with Tahiti in the background, with small and large canoes in the foreground. The canoe to the right has a tall ornamented prow. The lower image, from an original made in 1773 by William Hodges, shows a portion only of the original work, the figure of Cook himself being out of frame at the far left. The welcoming party proferring fruits appear like figures from Greek mythology. One of the two figures in the rowing boat is bare chested and hold aloft a large banana palm leaf. Other Titles - Middleburgh Extended Title - Published in Samuel Prior's "All the voyages round the world" Quantity: 2 b&w art print(s) on one sheet. Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 180 x 104 mm.

Date: 1779 - 1831

By: Batty, Robert, -1848; Webber, John, 1751-1793

Reference: B-097-003

Description: Creek with palm trees and high hills behind, copied from an engraving by John Webber from Captain Cook's third voyage, 1779. Proof before letterpress for an illustration in John Barrow's 'The eventful history of the mutiny and piractical seizure of H. M. S. Bounty., opposite p. 39. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 105 x 69 mm (image), 150 x 104 mm (plate-mark) on sheet 449 x 302 mm

Date: 1769 - 1820

From: [Various artists] :[Plates from All the voyages round the world] - [London ; Sir Richard Phillips & Co., 1820]

By: Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771

Reference: A-211-058/059

Description: The top image, possibly loosely based on an original by Francis Jukes shows a group of five aboriginals around a campfire. The lower image, from an original drawn by Sydney Parkinson in 1769, shows a view of Matavai Bay from One Tree Hill, with a large tree in the foreground, two canoes and a sailing ship in the bay in the left middle distance. Other Titles - Matavai Extended Title - Published in Samuel Prior's "All the voyages round the world" Quantity: 2 b&w art print(s) on one sheet. Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 180 x 104 mm.

Date: 1826

From: Chazal, Antoine, 1793-1854 :[Watercolours, proof engravings and aquatints by Antoine Chazal and others after drawings by Jules LeJeune and others for Duperrey's Voyage autour du monde ... Paris, 1822-1825]

By: LeJeune, Jules Louis, active 1804-1851

Reference: C-082-021

Description: A scene at Matavae, showing, two people rowing a canoe, three people standing on the waterfront, dwellings and trees, including pandanus and coconut palms. Redrawn by Chazal from original by Lejeune, & engraved by Tardieu for publication as plate 9 in Duperrey, L I Voyage... sur la Coquille... 1822... 1825... Histoire du voyage. Atlas (Paris, Arthur Bertrand, 1826) (fr910.4). Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Aquatint, 260 x 330 mm on sheet 510 x 360 mm

Date: 30 August 1847

From: Artist unknown: [Sketchbook of original watercolours painted in Tahiti]

Reference: E-113-f-08

Description: Two views of the bay: on the left, dwellings and two figures playing at sport, probably wrestling; on the right, a double-hulled canoe on an inlet, with more dwellings Quantity: 2 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, pencil and ink on page of sketchbook, 127 x 275 mm

Date: August 30 1848

From: Artist unknown: [Sketchbook of original watercolours painted in Tahiti]

Reference: E-113-f-37

Description: A view of the top point of Tahiti-nui, called Point Venus, at the tip of Matavai Bay. The artist has added 'Where Capt. Cook landed in 1768 [1769]. Ship Harpley.' It shows a French fort and soldiers. One of the soldiers stands with the man identified as the Captain. A large stone left by Cook is also seen. A more modern memorial was erected by the French in 1901. Page not numbered as the rest are, and dated as one year later - this is likely to be an error. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, pencil and ink on page of sketchbook, 127 x 275 mm

Date: Aug[ust] 30 1847

From: Artist unknown: [Sketchbook of original watercolours painted in Tahiti]

Reference: E-113-f-38

Description: Shows Matavai Bay from Point Tahara, looking across to Point Venus. The ship Harpley is seen anchored off Point Venus. Native figures populate the shore, on foot and on horeseback. French barracks are visible at a distance. A cross and 'Where Cook landed' is inscribed in pencil at Point Venus. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, pencil and ink on page of sketchbook, 127 x 275 mm

Date: Sept[ember] 1847

From: Artist unknown: [Sketchbook of original watercolours painted in Tahiti]

Reference: E-113-f-35

Description: A view of the north coast of Tahiti, probabbly from Tahara'a Point. Bays identified are: Alaoa Bay, Papaoa Bay, and Toanoa Bay. Figures are fishing on land and in boats, and two sailing ships are anchored off shore. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, pencil and ink on page of sketchbook, 127 x 275 mm

Date: 1767

By: Wallis, Samuel, 1728-1795; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

Reference: B-116-007

Description: Explorer Samuel Wallis' ship surrounded by 35 canoes at Matavai Bay, Tahiti. The drawing is dated two days after the arrival of the Dolphin at Matavai Bay, Tahiti, the first European visit to Tahiti. The ship's sails are furled. The canoes are of varying sizes and styles, some with a superstructure and at least one double-hulled. There is a large dwelling by the shore in the left foreground. Coconut palms line the shore and the tall hills behind are bush-clad. Tahiti was named King George III Island by Wallis, but reverted to its local name when Captain James Cook visited, two years later. Other Titles - Tahiti Inscriptions: Verso - top right - [in pencil] King George III Island June 26 1767. [Also in centre, in pencil, a large] 7 Related views: A similar view is in the National Library of Australia 'Otaheite or King Georges Island', signed lower left S Wallis. A much smaller number of canoes is shown and the ship is closer to the shore on the left. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink & wash, 289 x 405 mm Provenance: Collection of A. H. Turnbull. Purchased with Wallis' log-book from London dealer Quaritch in 1912 for £250.