IMAGE
Artist unknown :Sir Joseph Banks preventing the assassination of Tubourai Tamaide's wife. [London?, ca 1800]
- Date
- 1769 - 1795 - 1805
- Reference
- A-038-023
- Description
A dramatic moonlit view among palm trees of the Endeavour's butcher (Henry Jeffs) holding a curved knife and about to cut the throat of a Tahitian woman. Her husband, Tepau i Ahurai Tamaiti, is standing on the right, waving his arms, an axe at his feet. On the far right, Joseph Banks in full uniform is intervening, sword in hand, to prevent the attack.
Other Titles - Tepau i Ahurai Tamaiti
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Aquatint with slight hand-colouring, 149 x 102 mm on sheet 199 x 124 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Aquatints, Aquatint with slight hand-colouring, 149 x 102 mm on sheet 199 x 124 mm, Orientation: Vertical image
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