IMAGE
Ellis, William Wade, d 1785 :Sandwich Isles? [Studies of outrigger canoes paddled by Hawaiians. 1779]
- Date
- 1779
- Reference
- A-264-046-1
- Description
Six studies of men paddling outrigger canoes, from various angles and showing various positions. aAlong the left side of the drawing, vertically, is the faint outline of a coastal profile
Joppien / Smith number for this drawing is 3.322
Inscriptions: Recto - top left - Sandwich Isles? Compare with the print in Ellis's Voyages Vol 2 p. 165 [in pencil]
Drawn on Cook's third circumnavigation
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Pencil on laid paper, 275 x 185 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, Drawings, Portraits, Pencil on laid paper, 275 x 185 mm, Orientation: Vertical image, Watermark: Pro Patria with Britannia
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