IMAGE
Parkinson, Sydney, 1745?-1771 :[1. Matavia Bay; 2. Tupasson in Otaheite. London, Sir Richard Phillips & Co., 1820]
- Date
- 1769 - 1820
- By
- Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771
- Reference
- A-211-062/063
- Description
The top image is based on an original drawing by Sydney Parkinson in 1769, shows an outrigger boat with a sail, and in the left foreground a man paddling on a raft. There is a further sailed canoe in the left distance and headlands in the right background.
The lower image, from an original drawing titled "tupapow" by Parkinson in 1769, shows a masked and robed ceremonial figure with a long staff in the left foreground. In the centre middle background is a fence enclosure containing a roofed platform on which a shrouded body is lying.
Other Titles - Matavai; tupapow; tupapau
Extended Title - Published in Samuel Prior's "All the voyages round the world"
Quantity: 2 b&w art print(s) on one sheet.
Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 180 x 104 mm.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- [Various artists] :[Plates from All the voyages round the world] - [London ; Sir Richard Phillips & Co., 1820] / [Various artists] :[1. Dampier buried in the sand; 2. The sailor dancing at Mindanao - Dampier; 3. Matavia Bay; 4. Tupasson in Otaheite. London ; Sir Richard Phillips & Co., 1820]
- Format
- 2 b&w art print(s) on one sheet, Works of art, Engravings, Ethnographic illustrations, Engravings on sheet 180 x 104 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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