Canoes and canoeing - French Polynesia - Society Islands

Date: 1787 - 1969

From: Cleveley, James, fl 1776-1780 :The Cleveley aquatints. [Three of a set of four. Drawn on the spot by Jas. Cleveley; painted by Jno. Cleveley, London, F. Jukes aquatt.] Christchurch, Avon Fine Prints [1969]

Reference: C-061-020-b

Description: Shows Tahitian canoes and dwellings and the Resolution and Discovery anchored in the harbour of Talough (Opunohu Bay), Moorea, Society Islands. There are large trees on the shore to the left and tall mountain peaks in the background. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph, 423 x 580 mm, on sheet 555 x 698 mm.

Date: 1787 - 1969

From: Cleveley, James, fl 1776-1780 :The Cleveley aquatints. [Drawn on the spot by Jas. Cleveley; painted by Jno. Cleveley, London, F. Jukes aquatt.] Christchurch, Avon Fine Prints [1969]

Reference: C-061-020

Description: Shows Tahitian canoes and dwellings and the Resolution and Discovery anchored in the harbour of Talough (Opunohu Bay), Moorea, Society Islands. There are large trees on the shore to the left and tall mountain peaks in the background. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph, 423 x 580 mm, on sheet 555 x 698 mm.

Date: 1787 - 1969

From: Cleveley, James, fl 1776-1780 :The Cleveley aquatints. [Drawn on the spot by Jas. Cleveley; painted by Jno. Cleveley, London, F. Jukes aquatt.] Christchurch, Avon Fine Prints [1969]

Reference: C-061-020-a

Description: Shows Tahitian canoes and dwellings and the Resolution and Discovery anchored in the harbour of Talough (Opunohu Bay), Moorea, Society Islands. There are large trees on the shore to the left and tall mountain peaks in the background. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Coloured photolithograph, 423 x 580 mm, on sheet 555 x 698 mm.

Date: 1845

By: Speer, John, -1848

Reference: A-191-013

Description: View of a curved bay, with houses along the water's edge under palm trees, with bush-covered hills behind. There is one substantial larger house or church at the water's edge. Two figures paddle a small boat with outrigger in the centre foreground, and there is a boat with a sail at the right. A church at Huahine (perhaps the building seen on the foreshore in this scene) is mentioned in the account of the voyage of the ship "Collingwood" on which the artist sailed. See "Four years in the Pacific", by Lieut. the Honourable Fred Walpole (London, 1849), Volume 2, page 167. Other Titles - Fare Oohare Ouhare Owhare Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - J Speer fecit; Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing, 178 x 235 mm.

Date: 1822

By: Tyerman, Daniel, 1773-1828

Reference: A-263-004

Description: Shows mission station on shore and native canoes in harbour, amongst tall palms and mountains Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 220 x 295 mm