IMAGE
[Wallis, Samuel] 1728-1795 :[Prince William Henry's Islands or Nengonengo, Tuamotu Archipelago. 13 June 1767]
- Date
- 1767
- By
- Wallis, Samuel, 1728-1795; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918
- Reference
- B-116-010
- Description
A broadside view of Captain Samuel Wallis' ship the Dolphin and a Society Island canoe with a sail shown against a background of low landforms with coconut palms. The identity of this island is uncertain.
Paraoa Island is a southern atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago
Other Titles - Gloucester Island [former title]
Inscriptions: Recto - top centre - Gloucester Island [in pencil. Also a large] 10, upside-down
Related works: a view in the Mitchell Library Sydney, 'Prince William Henry's Island' is taken from a greater distance and combined with another view of the Duke of Cumberland's Island.
The artist Samuel Wallis was Captain of the ship 'Dolphin' and the first European to encounter the Tuamotu Archipelago and the Society Islands, now French Polynesia, in 1767.
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Pen and ink and wash, 289 x 406 mm
Provenance: Collection of A. H. Turnbull. Purchased with 10 other drawings and Wallis' log-book from London dealer Quaritch in 1912 for £250.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 drawing(s), Works of art, Wash drawings, Pen and ink and wash, 289 x 406 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image, Watermark: J WHATMAN
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