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Webber, John, 1751-1793. Attributed works :Representation of the death of Capt. Cook. Published according to Act of Parliament, July 1st, 1781; by S A Cumberlege, Paternoster Row. 1781
- Date
- 1781
- By
- Webber, John, 1751-1793; Cumberlege, Stephen Austen, 1747?-1828
- Reference
- A-451-004
- Description
A view of Captain Cook at the water's edge at Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii. He and his men are mid-skirmish with a group of Hawaiian natives, and one directly behind Cook lifts a dagger to plunge into his back; the oblivious Cook gestures to his men in a rowboat at the left of the scene not to fire their weapons
Referred to in: M K Beddie (ed) 'Bibliography of Captain James Cook R.N., F.R.S., circumnavigator' (Sydney: Library of New South Wales, 1970; 2nd ed), no. 2650
Possibly derived from Webber's drawing of 'The death of Captain Cook', engraved by Bartozolli and Byrne (ref C-36-010), with considerable alterations
Other Titles - Captain Cook
Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).
Physical Description: Copper engraving, hand-coloured, 180 x 210 mm (plate mark), on laid paper 208 x 265 mm
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- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Various artists :[Profile, half- and full-portraits of Captain James Cook, including one of him as a young man, as well as a number of depictions of his death at Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii. 1759-1880, 1925]
- Format
- 1 colour art print(s), Works of art, Engravings, Conjectural works, Copper engraving, hand-coloured, 180 x 210 mm (plate mark), on laid paper 208 x 265 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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Webber, John, 1751-1793. Webber, John, 1751-1793. Attributed works :Representation of the death of Capt. Cook. Published according to Act of Parliament, July 1st, 1781; by S A Cumberlege, Paternoster Row. 1781. Various artists :[Profile, half- and full-portraits of Captain James Cook, including one of him as a young man, as well as a number of depictions of his death at Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii. 1759-1880, 1925]. Ref: A-451-004. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/30632591More information can be found in our terms of use.