IMAGE
Ellis, William Wade, d 1785 :King George's Sound [1777-1778]
- Date
- 1777 - 1778
- Reference
- A-264-037-1
- Description
Rough sketches of a man of Nootka Sound seated and wearing the characteristic hat, an oar in his hand and two men of Nootka Sound in a canoe; A Polynesian man, shown with head and upper body, naked and bearded
Inscriptions: Recto - top left - 'King George's Sound' in ink. Also top right 'Bonnet described Ellis Voyages vol I page 214' in pencil
Drawn on Cook's third circumnavigation
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Pencil on laid paper, 382 x 182 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 :[Profile view of Kauai and King George's Sound]
- Format
- 1 drawing(s), Works of art, Pencil works, Pencil on laid paper, 382 x 182 mm, Orientation: Vertical image, Watermark: Pro Patria with Britannia
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