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Artist unknown :Aftekening van een observatoriums tent in navolging en verbetering van die, dewelke in Captain Cook's reisen afgebeeld is. Plate 1 [ca 1780?]
- Date
- 1780 - 1790
- Reference
- B-091-007
- Description
A circular observatory tent with a pointed roof. The door is rolled back and a chair and stretcher can be seen inside. A section of the roof is shown rolled back. Ropes run from the top of the roof and walls to hold the tent in place. A large wooden chest is on the left.
Scale of 6 and a half feet in Rhineland measures - Schaale van 6 voet en 1/2 Rynlands maat, also inscribed lower right
Compare plate 65 in Cook, James. Voyage dans l'Hemisphere austral. 1778
A second drawing in the same hand, showing the wooden supports of the tent, is located at B-091-008
Other Titles - Representation of an observatory tent, in imitation and improvement of the one represented in Captain Cook's voyages [translation]
Inscriptions: Verso - ... [illegible] Col. Gadson
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour 300 x 460 mm
Provenance: Unknown. Possibly from the collection of Alexander Turnbull
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour 300 x 460 mm
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Artist unknown :Aftekening van een observatoriums tent in navolging en verbetering van die, dewelke in Captain Cook's reisen afgebeeld is. Plate 1 [ca 1780?]. Ref: B-091-007. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22320145More information can be found in our terms of use.