Parkinson, Sydney 1745-1771 :A war canoe of New Zealand. [ca. 1790]

A war canoe off Gable End Foreland

Compare with Parkinson's pen and wash drawing (In: Bernard Smith's European Vision and the South Pacific, pl.11) and the engraving after this (In: Hawkesworth's Voyages, 1773, v.3, pl.14, op. p 466).i

Compare also with A-111-004.

Also see A-111-001-2a, a 2nd copy of the war canoe, trimmed from page and hand-coloured.

Engraver unknown.

On same sheet: A-111-001 Head of Otegoowgoow; A-111-001-a The head of a chief of New Zealand...

Derived from the first published engraving by R.B. Godfrey (after S. Parkinson) in: Parkinson's Journal, 1773, pl.xviii, op. p 93.

The original was made on Cook's first voyage.

Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).

Physical Description: Engraving on sheet 7 x 9.5 inches