IMAGE
Ellis, William Wade, d 1785 :Kamtschatzka. [Aug-Sept 1779]
- Date
- 1779
- Reference
- A-264-049-1
- Description
A log hut and three small conical houses on a spit of land near the shore, right of centre, high hills behind.There are also paint daubs and ink squiggles in the sky area, upper left.
Joppien / Smith number for this drawing is 3.359. It is an original for the engraving in Ellis (1782) vol II fp 237 'A view of the town of St Peter and St Paul in the Bay of Awatchka' although the engraving shows many more houses
On the verso are watercolour and ink daubs and scribbles (A-264-049-2)
Other Titles - View of St Peter and St Paul (Petropavlosk) [Joppien / Smith title] Kamchatka
Inscriptions: Recto - top right - Kamtschatzka in ink and the number 2.237 in pencil.
Drawn on Cook's third circumnavigation
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Ink, watercolour & wash, 189 x 271 mm
- 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, Wash drawings, Ink, watercolour & wash, 189 x 271 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image, Watermark: Watermark of GR surrounded with a wreath and crown (trimmed).
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