Received Captain Samuel Wallis circa 1772, during Captain Cook's voyages. Reportedly had an amorous affair with Sir Joseph Banks.
Oberea, Queen of Tahiti, active 1760s
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Various artists :[1. Wallis's interview with the Queen of Otaheite; 2. Terra del Fuego....
Date: 1767 - 1769 - 1820
From: [Various artists] :[Plates from All the voyages round the world] - [London ; Sir Richard Phillips & Co., 1820]
By: Buchan, Alexander, -1769; Rooker, Michael Angelo, 1743-1801
Reference: A-211-040/041
Description: The top image shows Captain Samuel Wallis with four officers on the left, meeting with a row of Tahitians on the right. The leading Tahitian figure is robed in white and carries a long palm frond. The image is after an engraving by MIchael Angelo Rooker The lower image, from a original by Alexander Buchan on Cook's first voyage, shows a family of Tierra del Fuegans sheltering around a fire in an arched shelter made of woven branches. Other Titles - Tierra Extended Title - Published in Samuel Prior's "All the voyages round the world" Quantity: 2 b&w art print(s) on one sheet. Physical Description: Engravings on sheet 180 x 104 mm.
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Hamilton, William 1751-1801 :Capt[ai]n Wallis, on his arrival at O'Taheiti, in conversa...
Date: 1767
By: Hamilton, William, 1751-1801; Morris, Thomas, active 1750-1811; Hingston, William George Cornelius, 1802-1894
Reference: A-111-142
Description: Shows an incident during 1767 when Samuel Wallis captained the first European excursion to encounter Tahiti. Wallis is seated to the right, talking to Oberea, with four young Tahitian women behind them. On the left, three women are dancing, while one man stands and plays the flute and another is seated and playing a large drum. The event is taking place in an open-sided enclosure with pillars, and coconut palms and other trees are visible in the background Other Titles - Capt Wallis on his arrival in Tahiti ... 1782 Extended Title - From: Millar, George Henry. A New Complete & Universal system of Geography. London, Alexander Hogg, 1782 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on paper 190 x 276 mm (to plate-mark) on sheet 232 x 352 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Hingston Papers, MS Papers 43, folder 4 (Correspondence & Miscellaneous papers, 1831-1891), transferred 7 Nov. 1991 - - Transferred from papers of William George Cornelius Hingston, MS papers 43, folder 4.