IMAGE
Ellis, William Wade, d 1785 :Otaheite? [Hut in trees and naked figure. August 1777]
- Date
- 1777
- Reference
- A-264-019-2
- Description
A low open-sided dwelling with trees either side. To the right is a naked figure seen from behind, holding a stick across his shoulder, with fruit suspended from it. The drawing is a study for a detail in Ellis' A view in Vaitepiha Bay'
Joppien / Smith number for this drawing is 3.85.
Other Titles - A Tahitian and a hut [Joppien / Smith's title]. A view in Vaitepiha Bay, Tahiti
Inscriptions: Recto - top right - 'Otaheite?' in ink.
In the National Library of Australia is the finished version of this drawing, an ink, wash and watercolour work, titled A view in Vaitepeha Bay [August 1777], ref. no. NK 6577. The details of the hut and figure are reversed in the fuller version
Drawn on Cook's third circumnavigation
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Pencil, 191 x 311 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, Pencil works, Pencil, 191 x 311 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image, Watermark: Pro Patria with Britannia
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