IMAGE
Bent, Thomas, 1833?-1887 :Cooks Bay - Eimeo near Otahiti. [1857-1858].
- Date
- 1857 - 1858
- Reference
- A-282-023
- Description
Shows a view of a bay with a small wooded island in it. In the centre is a sailing ship (the Iris) with its sails furled. Beyond the ship are two triangular-sailed boats or a double-hulled sailboat. In the left foreground is a canoe containing about seven rowers. In the immediate left foreground at far left are two palm trees on the shore, and other palms are grouped on a low headland at the right.
Numerical inscriptions were made by an Auckland conservator in 1999.
Inscriptions: Mount recto - beneath image - [Title] 16 [encircled]
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour, 197 x 285 mm.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Bent, Thomas, 1833?-1887 :[Fifteen watercolours mainly of Pacific views. 1857-1858].
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour, 197 x 285 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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