IMAGE
[Wallis, Samuel] 1728-1795 :[Lord Howe's Island or Maupihaa (Mopelia), Leeward Islands. 30 July 1767]
- Date
- 1767
- By
- Wallis, Samuel, 1728-1795; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918
- Reference
- B-116-008
- Description
Captain Samuel Wallis' ship the Dolphin near two Polynesian canoes with sails, shown between two atolls with coconut palms and other trees, at the Leeward Islands. Two further smaller canoes are in the background on both sides
Identification: Drawing not titled by Wallis, and was unidentified as to location in the Library's collection until a comparison with Wallis' drawings in both the Mitchell Library, Sydney ('The Right Honbl. Lord Visc. Howes Island, lying in lat 16.46 S, long 154.13 W ...') and the National Library of Australia, Canberra ('Howe Island') showed this to be Wallis' Lord Howe Island, Maupihaa also known as Mopelia in the Leeward Islands, Society Islands, French Polynesia.
Other Titles - Dolphin in French Polynesia. Sailing vessel and native boats in narrow waterway. 1767. [Former titles]
Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - [no title. In pencil, a questionmark] ? [and in the centre, in pencil, a large] 8
The artist Samuel Wallis was Captain of the ship 'Dolphin' and the first European to encounter the Tuamotu Archipelago and the Society Islands, now French Polynesia, in 1767.
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Pen and ink and wash, 291 x 407 mm
Provenance: Collection of A. H. Turnbull. Purchased with 10 other drawings and Wallis' log-book from London dealer Quaritch in 1912 for £250.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 drawing(s), Works of art, Ink drawings, Wash drawings, Pen and ink and wash, 291 x 407 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image, Watermark: A fleur-de-lis in a shield, surmounted by a crown, above the letters GR
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