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Artist unknown: Gesigt van eene doorboorde Rots in Nieuw-Zeeland [1769. Copied ca 1785]
Date: 1769 - 1780 - 1773 - 1790
From: Artist unknown :Views in the South Seas [1769-1779. Drawn 1780s?]
Reference: E-329-f-012
Description: Copy by an unknown Dutch artist after Parkinson's engraving published in Hawkesworth (1773, Vol II fp 318) 'View of a perforated rock in Tolaga Bay ...' and another version in Parkinson (1784, Plate 20 fp 99) 'View of a curious arched rock ...' Shows an arched rock with soldiers on the left, Maori on the right, a ship (the Endeavour) visible through the arch. From Captain James Cook's first voyage to New Zealand. Verso shows handwritten text in Dutch. There is some variation in the details between this and the engraved version. Other Titles - View of a pierced rock in New Zealand [translation]. A view of a perforated rock in Tolaga Bay in New Zealand Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in ink. Also verso covered in text in Dutch describing the scene Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and holograph in album 272 x 430 mm
Artist unknown: Gezigt van een verschanst Dorp op eene doorboorde Rots gebouwd, in Nieu...
Date: 1769 - 1780 - 1773 - 1790
From: Artist unknown :Views in the South Seas [1769-1779. Drawn 1780s?]
Reference: E-329-f-006
Description: Copy of an engraving published in John Hawkesworth (1773, II, Plate 18)) after Spoering 'A fortified town or village...' from Captain James Cook's first voyage to New Zealand in 1769. Shows a Te Puta o te Paretauhinu Pa atop a pierced rock at Mercury Bay, with two canoes in front, two further empty canoes pulled up on rocks to the right, and the Endeavour at anchor to the left. Verso shows handwritten text in Dutch (translation of this text in accompanying typescript). There is some variation in the details between this and the engraved version. The scene is at Mercury Bay, not Tolaga Bay Other Titles - A view of a fortified village built on a pierced rock in New Zealand [translation]. A fortified town or village called a hippah, built on a perforated rock at Tolaga in New Zealand. Mercury Bay Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title in ink. Also verso covered in text in Dutch describing the scene Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and holograph in album 272 x 430 mm