Painter and engraver, born in London. Pupil of Ashley. Engraved portraits, religious and historic subjects and landscapes. Received a gold medal in 1772 for his oil: "Coriolanus leaving his family".
Sherwin, John Keyse, 1751-1790
Webber, John, 1751-1793 :A dance in Otaheite. J. Webber del. J. K. Sherwin sculp. [Lond...
Date: 1777 - 1784
From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]
By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Sherwin, John Keyse, 1751-1790
Reference: C-131-028-b
Description: A scene in Tahiti, in 1777, with two men and two women dancing before a hut, spectators on either side. Three drummers are in the background under the shelter of the hut, with a fourth person clapping the rhythm. The dancers appear to be standing on a large woven mat. Banana palms, breadfruit trees and coconut palms can be seen in the background. Other Titles - Tahiti Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 28 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 227 x 379 mm (image), 263 x 405 mm (plate mark)
Webber, John, 1751-1793 :A young woman of Otaheite, dancing. J. Webber del. J K Sherwin...
Date: 1777 - 1784
From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]
By: Sherwin, John Keyse, 1751-1790
Reference: C-131-029-c
Description: A girl dancing in a long gown with highly puckered ruffs of tapa attached to the back of the waist and feathery pompons covering the breats. Several long tassels are hanging from her waist, and on her head is wearing a headdress of plaited hair ormanented with blossoms of Cape jasmine. A mat of rushes has been laid to dance upon. In the background is vegatation and a thatched building. Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 29 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 277 x 227 mm
Webber, John, 1751-1793 :A Man of the Sandwich Islands, with his helmet. J. Webber del....
Date: 1784 - 1779
From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]
By: Sherwin, John Keyse, 1751-1790
Reference: C-131-064-a
Description: Head and shoulder portrait of a man wearing a feather cloak and helmet made of feathers, and identified as the Hawaiian chief Kana'ina (Kanina, Kaneina, Kaneena), who was killed in the fighting ensuing from the death of Captain Cook (14 Feb 1779). Source of descriptive information. Joppien, R, and Smith, B. The Art of Captain Cook's voyages. Vol 3, Catalogue [Oxford University Press, 1987], p 543 Extended Title - From: Cook, J and King, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Nicholl and Cadell, 1784). Atlas. Plate 64 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 230 x 185 mm
Webber, John, 1751-1793 :A young woman of Otaheite, dancing. J. Webber del. J K Sherwin...
Date: 1777 - 1784
From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]
By: Sherwin, John Keyse, 1751-1790
Reference: C-131-029-b
Description: A girl dancing in a long gown with highly puckered ruffs of tapa attached to the back of the waist and feathery pompons covering the breats. Several long tassels are hanging from her waist, and on her head is wearing a headdress of plaited hair ormanented with blossoms of Cape jasmine. A mat of rushes has been laid to dance upon. In the background is vegatation and a thatched building. Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 29 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 277 x 227 mm
Webber, John, 1751-1793 :A young woman of Otaheite, dancing. J. Webber del. J K Sherwin...
Date: 1777 - 1784
From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]
By: Sherwin, John Keyse, 1751-1790
Reference: C-131-029-a
Description: A girl dancing in a long gown with highly puckered ruffs of tapa attached to the back of the waist and feathery pompons covering the breats. Several long tassels are hanging from her waist, and on her head is wearing a headdress of plaited hair ormanented with blossoms of Cape jasmine. A mat of rushes has been laid to dance upon. In the background is vegatation and a thatched building. Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 29 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 277 x 227 mm
Webber, John, 1751-1793 :A dance in Otaheite. J. Webber del. J. K. Sherwin sculp. [Lond...
Date: 1777 - 1784
From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]
By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Sherwin, John Keyse, 1751-1790
Reference: C-131-028-c
Description: A scene in Tahiti, in 1777, with two men and two women dancing before a hut, spectators on either side. Three drummers are in the background under the shelter of the hut, with a fourth person clapping the rhythm. The dancers appear to be standing on a large woven mat. Banana palms, breadfruit trees and coconut palms can be seen in the background. Other Titles - Tahiti Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 28 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 227 x 379 mm (image), 263 x 405 mm (plate mark)
Hodges, William, 1744-1797 :Tynai-Mai / drawn from nature by W Hodges ; engrav'd by J K...
Date: 1776
From: Hodges, William, 1728-1779 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's second voyage. W Hodges delt; sculp. by various hands] - London, 1776-1777
By: Hodges, William, 1744-1797; Sherwin, John Keyse, 1751-1790
Reference: C-051-002
Description: A young Raiatean woman, Society Islands, drawn during Cook's 2nd voyage to the Pacific. The original red chalk drawing for this engraving is in the National Library of Australia Other Titles - Raiatea Extended Title - Published in: Cook, J. A voyage towards the South Pole and round the world... London, 1777, Pl. 41. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, b&w, 261 x 201 mm on sheet, 320 x 260 mm
Webber, John, 1751-1793 :A Man of the Sandwich Islands, with his helmet. J. Webber del....
Date: 1784 - 1779
From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]
By: Sherwin, John Keyse, 1751-1790
Reference: C-131-064
Description: Head and shoulder portrait of a man wearing a feather cloak and helmet made of feathers, and identified as the Hawaiian chief Kana'ina (Kanina, Kaneina, Kaneena), who was killed in the fighting ensuing from the death of Captain Cook (14 Feb 1779). Source of descriptive information. Joppien, R, and Smith, B. The Art of Captain Cook's voyages. Vol 3, Catalogue [Oxford University Press, 1987], p 543 Extended Title - From: Cook, J and King, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Nicholl and Cadell, 1784). Atlas. Plate 64 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 230 x 185 mm
Sherwin, John Keyse, 1751-1790 :A general view of Tunis, a celebrated town in Barbary. ...
Date: 1782
By: Sherwin, John Keyse, 1751-1790; Hogg and Company
Reference: B-041-010
Description: Tunis viewed from the sea "Engraved for Millar's New complete & universal system of geography" Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, plate mark 197 x 305 mm on sheet 230 x 350 mm
Webber, John, 1751-1793 :A Man of the Sandwich Islands, with his helmet. J. Webber del....
Date: 1784 - 1779
From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]
By: Sherwin, John Keyse, 1751-1790
Reference: C-131-064-b
Description: Head and shoulder portrait of a man wearing a feather cloak and helmet made of feathers, and identified as the Hawaiian chief Kana'ina (Kanina, Kaneina, Kaneena), who was killed in the fighting ensuing from the death of Captain Cook (14 Feb 1779). Source of descriptive information. Joppien, R, and Smith, B. The Art of Captain Cook's voyages. Vol 3, Catalogue [Oxford University Press, 1987], p 543 Extended Title - From: Cook, J and King, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Nicholl and Cadell, 1784). Atlas. Plate 64 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 230 x 185 mm
Webber, John, 1751-1793 :A young woman of the Sandwich Islands. J. Webber del. J. K. Sh...
Date: 1784 - 1779
From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]
By: Sherwin, John Keyse, 1751-1790
Reference: C-131-063
Description: Head and shoulder portrait of an Hawaiian girl with short hair. She is wearing rings on top of her head and a feathered ring round her neck. Her breast is covered with cloth. Extended Title - From: Cook, J and King, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Nicholl and Cadell, 1784). Atlas. Plate 63 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 286 x 226 mm
Webber, John, 1751-1793 :A young woman of the Sandwich Islands. J. Webber del. J. K. Sh...
Date: 1784 - 1779
From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]
By: Sherwin, John Keyse, 1751-1790
Reference: C-131-063-a
Description: Head and shoulder portrait of an Hawaiian girl with short hair. She is wearing rings on top of her head and a feathered ring round her neck. Her breast is covered with cloth. Extended Title - From: Cook, J and King, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Nicholl and Cadell, 1784). Atlas. Plate 63 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 286 x 226 mm
Sherwin, John Keyse, 1751-1790 :View of St. Salvador, a city of South America / Sherwin...
Date: 1782
By: Sherwin, John Keyse, 1751-1790; Hogg and Company
Reference: B-041-009
Description: A view of San Salvador from the coast "Engraved for Millar's New complete & universal system of geography" Other Titles - San Salvador Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, plate mark, 190 x 290 mm on sheet 230 x 350 mm
Webber, John, 1751-1793 :A young woman of Otaheite, dancing. J. Webber del. J K Sherwin...
Date: 1777 - 1784
From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]
By: Sherwin, John Keyse, 1751-1790
Reference: C-131-029
Description: A girl dancing in a long gown with highly puckered ruffs of tapa attached to the back of the waist and feathery pompons covering the breats. Several long tassels are hanging from her waist, and on her head is wearing a headdress of plaited hair ormanented with blossoms of Cape jasmine. A mat of rushes has been laid to dance upon. In the background is vegatation and a thatched building. Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 29 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 277 x 227 mm
Hodges, William, 1744-1797 :The landing at Tanna one of the New Hebrides. Engraved by J...
Date: 1777
By: Hodges, William, 1744-1797; Sherwin, John Keyse, 1751-1790
Reference: C-051-020
Description: Shows Vanuatuans on shore with upraised weapons, Cook coming ashore in a rowing boat, the Resolution at anchor. Extended Title - Published in: Cook, J. A voyage towards the South Pole and round the world... London, 1777, v. 2, p. 54 & 55, Pl. LIX Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Hand-col. engraving, 280 x 480 mm (edges trimmed)
Webber, John, 1751-1793 :A dance in Otaheite. J. Webber del. J. K. Sherwin sculp. [Lond...
Date: 1777 - 1784
From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]
By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Sherwin, John Keyse, 1751-1790
Reference: C-131-028-a
Description: A scene in Tahiti, in 1777, with two men and two women dancing before a hut, spectators on either side. Three drummers are in the background under the shelter of the hut, with a fourth person clapping the rhythm. The dancers appear to be standing on a large woven mat. Banana palms, breadfruit trees and coconut palms can be seen in the background. Other Titles - Tahiti Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 28 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 227 x 379 mm (image), 263 x 405 mm (plate mark)
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 :The politician. Will[ia]m Hogarth invt. Etch'd by J K Sher...
Date: 1775
From: Hogarth, William 1697-1764 :The original works of William Hogarth. London, sold by John and Josiah Boydell, 1790
By: Sherwin, John Keyse, 1751-1790; Hogarth, Jane, 1709-1789
Reference: D-020-115
Description: It is thought that the subject of this satirical etching is Hogarth's shortsighted friend, Ebenezer Forrest. A lacemaker and a politican, Forrest is portrayed reading his newspaper while he inadvertently sets fire to his hat. Source of descriptive information - www.artoftheprint.com Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 373 x 290 (platemark), on sheet 650 x 485 mm
Hodges, William, 1744-1797 :Otago / drawn from nature by W. Hodges ; engrav'd by J K Sh...
Date: 1777
From: Hodges, William, 1728-1779 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's second voyage. W Hodges delt; sculp. by various hands] - London, 1776-1777
By: Hodges, William, 1744-1797; Sherwin, John Keyse, 1751-1790
Reference: C-051-003
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of a Tongan man Extended Title - Published in: Cook, J. A voyage towards the South Pole. London, 1777, Pl. 40. From a drawing on Cook's 2nd voyage, entitled: Ataongo, now in Mitchell Library. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, b&w, 305 x 252 mm on sheet, 560 x 510 mm
Holland, Nathaniel Dance (Sir) 1734-1811 :Captain James Cook [ca. 1784] / N. Dance pinx...
Date: 1783 - 1970 - 1785 - 1979
By: Dance-Holland, Nathaniel (Sir), 1734-1811; Sherwin, John Keyse, 1751-1790; Commonwealth National Library (Australia)
Reference: C-117-086-b
Description: Dance's portrait of the seated Cook with hands on a chart, flanked by text from his journal of 1770. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Black and white photolithograph on beige background, image 286 x 230 on sheet 432 x 684 mm.
Holland, Nathaniel Dance (Sir) 1734-1811 :Captain James Cook [ca. 1784] / N. Dance pinx...
Date: 1783 - 1970 - 1785 - 1979
By: Dance-Holland, Nathaniel (Sir), 1734-1811; Sherwin, John Keyse, 1751-1790; Commonwealth National Library (Australia)
Reference: C-117-086
Description: Dance's portrait of the seated Cook with hands on a chart, flanked by text from his journal of 1770. Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Black and white photolithograph on beige background, image 286 x 230 on sheet 432 x 684 mm.