Cleveley, James fl 1776-1780 :[View of Charlotte Sound in New Zealand in the South Seas. [i. e. Matavai Bay, Tahiti, 1779]. Drawn on the spot by James Cleveley, painted by John Clevely, London. F. Jukes aquatt. London, Thomas Martyn, 1788]

Cleveley, James fl 1776-1780 :[View of Charlotte Sound in New Zealand in the South Seas. [i. e. Matavai Bay, Tahiti, 1779]. Drawn on the spot by James Cleveley, painted by John Clevely, London. F. Jukes aquatt. London, Thomas Martyn, 1788]
Date
1778 - 1788 - 1779
By
Cleveley, James, active 1776-1780; Cleveley, John, 1747-1786; Jukes, Francis, 1745-1812; Thomas Martyn (Firm); Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918
Reference
G-462
Description

Title a misnomer for Matavai Bay, Tahiti. Shows Captain Cook with Tahitians on the beach, Tahitian dwellings, canoes and Cook's 2 ships, the Resolution and Discovery.

Other Titles - Matavai Bay, Tahiti

Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) framed.

Physical Description: Aquatint, hand-coloured, 431 x 598 mm (image)

Provenance: Collection of A. H. Turnbull, purchased London, 1898. In its original frame. See letters of A. H. Turnbull, v. 4, 1898, p.401.

Additional description

faded.

Alternative form available: Scanned from original.

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Format
1 colour art print(s) framed, Works of art, Aquatints, Aquatint, hand-coloured, 431 x 598 mm (image), Orientation: Horizontal image
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