IMAGE
Ellis, William Wade, d 1785 :Awallo [Society Islands ca 1778]
- Date
- 1777 - 1779
- Reference
- A-264-022-2
- Description
Head and shoulders frontal portrait of a Polynesian man from Tahiti or the broader Society Islands. He is bearded and wearing a draped garment around his neck
Joppien / Smith number for this drawing is 3.162. On the verso is part of a panorama of Tahiti, A-264-022-1
Inscriptions: Recto - top right - Awallo in ink; also Awallo in pencil above the subject's head
Drawn on Cook's third circumnavigation
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Pencil on laid paper, 100 x 189 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, Pencil works, Portraits, Pencil on laid paper, 100 x 189 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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