IMAGE
Cleveley, James, fl 1776-1780. Attributed works :Death of Captain James Cook. Pub Jan 24, 1806, by James Cundee, London. C T W fect.
- Date
- 1781
- By
- Cleveley, James, active 1776-1780; Cundee, James, active 1800-1850
- Reference
- A-451-008
- Description
A view of Captain Cook at the water's edge at Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii, probably based on Cleveley's 1788 work 'View of Owhyhee, one of the Sandwich Islands in the South Seas'. Shows Cook as a peace-maker, while fighting goes on around him, and he is oblivious to two men behind him, one wielding a club and the other a dagger. The Resolution and Discovery can be seen in the background. The clothing worn by the Hawaiians is decorative and detailed
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. 2644
Extended Title - From: Andrew Kippis, The life of Captain James Cook (Basil, 1788), opp. p. 515
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Copper engraving, 138 x 200 mm on sheet 183 x 215 mm
Provenance: Purchase: Antipodean Books, Maps and Prints, New York, February 2012
- Access restrictions
- 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 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Engravings, Conjectural works, Copper engraving, 138 x 200 mm on sheet 183 x 215 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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Cleveley, James, active 1776-1780. Cleveley, James, fl 1776-1780. Attributed works :Death of Captain James Cook. Pub Jan 24, 1806, by James Cundee, London. C T W fect.. 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-451-008. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/30646177More information can be found in our terms of use.