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Ellis, William Wade, d 1785 :[Profile of Nomuka, Tonga, 1778? Outrigger canoe; walrus]
- Date
- 1776 - 1780
- Reference
- A-264-013/014
- Description
Continuous profile on 2 sheets. It is likely that there was once a third sheet to the left. View from the sea in some detail of rocky foreshore, bush and coconut palms. Comprises 013-1 and 104-1, recto views with coastal profile; 013-2 = verso of 013, with outrigger canoe in pencil viewed from end on; 014-2 = verso of 014, with walrus head, entitled Morse.
Other Titles - S point of Anamokka Friendly Isles Anamooka Morse
Drawn on Cook's third circumnavigation
Quantity: 2 drawing(s).
Physical Description: 4 Pencil drawings on 2 sheets of laid paper 184 x 309 mm & 184 x 304 mm
Provenance: Astley family; sold 1974
- Additional description
Alternative form available: All images photographed.
- 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
- 2 drawing(s), Works of art, Pencil works, 4 Pencil drawings on 2 sheets of laid paper 184 x 309 mm & 184 x 304 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image, Watermark: G.R surmounted by crown in circular medallion
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