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Ellis, William Wade, d 1785 :South view of Mangia-nooe, distant two miles. See Ellis's Voyage, vol I p.33 and the Chart in Vol. I. / W. Ellis fecit. [March 1777]
- Date
- 1777
- Reference
- A-264-004
- Description
Shows two men paddling an outrigger canoe before an island fringed with thick vegetation at Mangaia, Cook Islands
Joppien / Smith number for this drawing is 3.30
Detailed catalogue prepared by the South Sea Library London, accompanies drawings in box A-264
See also A-264-005 for preliminary drawing of this scene by Ellis.
Other Titles - Two men in a canoe off Mangaia
Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Signature and title in ink.
Drawn on Cook's third circumnavigation
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Ink and coloured wash drawing on laid paper 232 x 369 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 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Ink and coloured wash drawing on laid paper 232 x 369 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image, Watermark: I V G & shield watermark top centre, no date.
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