IMAGE
Ellis, William Wade, d 1785 :Friendly Isles? [Between May and July 1777]
- Date
- 1777
- Reference
- A-264-016-2
- Description
A three-quarters frontal and a profile portriat of the same bearded short-haired man. He appears to have a growth on his left cheek.
Joppien / Smith number for this drawing is 3.79
Detailed catalogue prepared by the South Sea Library London, accompanies drawings in box A-264
Other Titles - Two studies of a man's head [Tonga]
Inscriptions: Recto - top right - title in ink. Also upper right, numbered in pencil: 1.59 70; this crossed out and 1.91 substituted (a reference to Ellis; published account of the voyage, Vol I, p. 91)
Drawn on Cook's third circumnavigation
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Ink and wash on laid paper, 291 x 177 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, Wash drawings, Portraits, Ink and wash on laid paper, 291 x 177 mm, Orientation: Vertical image, Watermark: GR under a crown surrounded by wreaths in a circle
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