IMAGE
Ellis, William Wade, d 1785 :[Sandwich Islands. Two canoes. 1779]
- Date
- 1779
- Reference
- A-264-047-2
- Description
At the top in watercolour a chief's cloak (ahu-ula) of red and yellow feathers, spread out to show its pattern. The central pencil drawing shows two figures paddling an outrigger canoe; the lower pencil drawing shows a single figure seated upright in an outrigger canoe
Joppien / Smith number for this drawing is 3.323.
Other Titles - Hawaii
Drawn on Cook's third circumnavigation
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour on laid paper, 256 x 180 mm
Provenance: Astley family; sold 1974.
- Additional description
On the verso of sheet -047, and matted with A-264-047-1, the image on the recto
- 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, Pencil & watercolour on laid paper, 256 x 180 mm, Orientation: Vertical image, Watermark: Watermark of Pro Patria with Britannia
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