Nengonengo
[Wallis, Samuel] 1728-1795 :[Prince William Henry's Islands or Nengonengo, Tuamotu Arch...
Date: 1767
By: Wallis, Samuel, 1728-1795; Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918
Reference: B-116-010
Description: A broadside view of Captain Samuel Wallis' ship the Dolphin and a Society Island canoe with a sail shown against a background of low landforms with coconut palms. The identity of this island is uncertain. Paraoa Island is a southern atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago Other Titles - Gloucester Island [former title] Inscriptions: Recto - top centre - Gloucester Island [in pencil. Also a large] 10, upside-down Related works: a view in the Mitchell Library Sydney, 'Prince William Henry's Island' is taken from a greater distance and combined with another view of the Duke of Cumberland's Island. The artist Samuel Wallis was Captain of the ship 'Dolphin' and the first European to encounter the Tuamotu Archipelago and the Society Islands, now French Polynesia, in 1767. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and ink and wash, 289 x 406 mm Provenance: Collection of A. H. Turnbull. Purchased with 10 other drawings and Wallis' log-book from London dealer Quaritch in 1912 for £250.