Castellini, G, active 1780-1800

Date: 1773 - 1810 - 1830

By: Castellini, G, active 1780-1800; Hodges, William, 1744-1797; Hill, Julian, active 1996-2009

Reference: A-054-012

Description: A Maori family, comprising a man and woman, with a second woman squatting, a child on her back, as seen by James Cook and crew during their visit to Dusky Sound, during Cook's second visit to New Zealand in 1773. The group is dressed in feather cloaks. From an unknown Italian publication. One of the etchers was Angelo Biasioli, 1790-1830. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Castelli[ni] f[ecit] Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Handpainted aquatint, plate 220 x 190 mm on loose page, 340 x 240 mm. Provenance: Purchased by the vendor from a dealer in Washington DC.

Date: 1769 - 1810 - 1830

By: Sporing, Herman Diedrich, 1733-1771; Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Castellini, G, active 1780-1800; Hill, Julian, active 1996-2009

Reference: A-054-011

Description: Aquatint based on a drawing of Te Puta o te Paretauhinau Pa at Mercury Bay, Coromandel Peninsula. The drawing of the pa is by Herman Diedrich Sporing, Sir Joseph Banks' clerk; the canoe is copied from a drawing by Sydney Parkinson, the official artist aboard the Endeavour. The scene shows a long war canoe in the left foreground; an arched rock in the water behind the boat with a pa on top of it; two canoes pulled up on the bank to the right behind the arched rock and dense bush in the background. From an unknown Italian publication. One of the engravers of this publication was Biasioli (1790-1830). The pa shown was seen in November 1769. See Joppien & Smith. The art of Captain Cook's voyages, vol 1, cat. no. 1.121 for the original drawing of the pa, and 1.142 for the original drawing of the Maori canoe. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - G Castellini inc Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Handcoloured aquatint, plate 190 x 230 mm on loose page, 240 x 340 mm. Provenance: Purchased by the vendor from a dealer in Washington DC.