Parkinson, Sydney 1745-1771 :War canoe of the New Zealanders in the South Pacific Ocean. Engrav'd by Grainger; dessign'd by Hodges [1780s?]

Date
1769 - 1780 - 1790
By
Grainger, W, active 1780-1789; Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771
Reference
A-111-015-a
Description

A large war canoe with a background of Gable end Foreland, East Coast

From unidentified published vol. 1 p 179. Derived from the engraving In: Hawkesworth's Voyages, 1773, v. 3. pl. 16, op. p463, which in turn is after a pen and wash drawing by S. Parkinson (not Hodges as title reads), made on Cook's first voyage. (see Bernard Smith's European Vision and South Pacific, no. 11). Compare with R B Godfrey's engraving In: Parkinson's Journal, 1773, pl. xviii, op. p93, after another (?) original Parkinson drawing. Compare also with A-111-004

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

Physical Description: Engraving, b&w ; 139 x 178 mm

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Format
1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Engravings, Engraving, b&w ; 139 x 178 mm
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