Ellis, William Wade, 1751-1785

Date: 1778 - 1784

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Ellis, William Wade, 1751-1785

Reference: C-131-045

Description: The Resolution and Discovery shown in the Sound, with towering ice-covered cliffs on either side. Two large canoes crowded with natives are approaching the two ships from the left. At right a kayak holding two, and in the distance, closer to the ships, others, with single oarsmen. Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 42 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 253 x 405 mm

Date: 1784 - 1777

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; Ellis, William Wade, 1751-1785

Reference: C-131-021-c

Description: The fiatooka (fiatoka) are the houses in the background, which are tombs, the morai (marae) the open space in front of them. One the lefthand side are a group of figures. In the central foreground is a man carrying bunches of banana strung from a pole on his shoulder. From a watercolour drawing by John Webber, 1778. See Murray-Oliver, A: Captain Cook's artists in the Pacific, pl 108 for variant Webber watercolour. Extended Title - From: Cook, J and King, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Nicholl and Cadell, 1784). Atlas. Plate 21 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 256 x 403 mm

Date: 1784 - 1777

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; Ellis, William Wade, 1751-1785

Reference: C-131-021-a

Description: The fiatooka (fiatoka) are the houses in the background, which are tombs, the morai (marae) the open space in front of them. One the lefthand side are a group of figures. In the central foreground is a man carrying bunches of banana strung from a pole on his shoulder. From a watercolour drawing by John Webber, 1778. See Murray-Oliver, A: Captain Cook's artists in the Pacific, pl 108 for variant Webber watercolour. Extended Title - From: Cook, J and King, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Nicholl and Cadell, 1784). Atlas. Plate 21 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 256 x 403 mm

Date: 1778 - 1784

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Ellis, William Wade, 1751-1785

Reference: C-131-045-c

Description: The Resolution and Discovery shown in the Sound, with towering ice-covered cliffs on either side. Two large canoes crowded with natives are approaching the two ships from the left. At right a kayak holding two, and in the distance, closer to the ships, others, with single oarsmen. Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 42 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 253 x 405 mm

Date: 1776 - 1780

By: Ellis, William Wade, 1751-1785

Reference: A-264-001/049

Description: Shows people, places, artifacts, flora and fauna observed during the voyage Volume and page refs. found on most items refer to text in Ellis W. An authentic narrative of a voyage performed by Captain Cook and Captain Clerke. 1782 Detailed catalogue prepared by the South Sea Library London, accompanies drawings. Quantity: 74 drawing(s). Physical Description: 74 pen, pencil, watercolour sketches on 49 sheets. Sizes vary Provenance: Henry Astley family, English artist and engraver; originally sold by a descendant, Mr K. L. Young at Phillips, London, 3 June 1974. Transfers: B-041/044 part of this collection, has been located in B sequence because it is outsize..

Date: 1784 - 1777

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; Ellis, William Wade, 1751-1785

Reference: C-131-021-b

Description: The fiatooka (fiatoka) are the houses in the background, which are tombs, the morai (marae) the open space in front of them. One the lefthand side are a group of figures. In the central foreground is a man carrying bunches of banana strung from a pole on his shoulder. From a watercolour drawing by John Webber, 1778. See Murray-Oliver, A: Captain Cook's artists in the Pacific, pl 108 for variant Webber watercolour. Extended Title - From: Cook, J and King, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Nicholl and Cadell, 1784). Atlas. Plate 21 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 256 x 403 mm

Date: 1784 - 1777

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; Ellis, William Wade, 1751-1785

Reference: C-131-021

Description: The fiatooka (fiatoka) are the houses in the background, which are tombs, the morai (marae) the open space in front of them. One the lefthand side are a group of figures. In the central foreground is a man carrying bunches of banana strung from a pole on his shoulder. From a watercolour drawing by John Webber, 1778. See Murray-Oliver, A: Captain Cook's artists in the Pacific, pl 108 for variant Webber watercolour. Extended Title - From: Cook, J and King, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Nicholl and Cadell, 1784). Atlas. Plate 21 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 256 x 403 mm

Date: 1778 - 1784

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Ellis, William Wade, 1751-1785

Reference: C-131-045-a

Description: The Resolution and Discovery shown in the Sound, with towering ice-covered cliffs on either side. Two large canoes crowded with natives are approaching the two ships from the left. At right a kayak holding two, and in the distance, closer to the ships, others, with single oarsmen. Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 42 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 253 x 405 mm

Date: 1783 - 1883

By: Ellis, William Wade, 1751-1785

Reference: A-111-131

Description: A compound with several Hawaiians seated in a group and a background of a range of thatched houses, the nearest one being taller than the others. Hills in the background Trimmed inside plate marks. Other Titles - Hawaii Derived from engraving by W. Walker after Ellis in: Ellis, W.W. An authentic narrative of a voyage. London, 1782. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, b&w 137 x 208 mm

Date: 1778 - 1784

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Ellis, William Wade, 1751-1785

Reference: C-131-045-b

Description: The Resolution and Discovery shown in the Sound, with towering ice-covered cliffs on either side. Two large canoes crowded with natives are approaching the two ships from the left. At right a kayak holding two, and in the distance, closer to the ships, others, with single oarsmen. Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 42 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 253 x 405 mm

Date: 1774 - 1777 - 1810 - 1830

By: Hodges, William, 1744-1797; Ellis, William Wade, 1751-1785; Bottigelli, Carlo, active 1800-1820?; Hill, Julian, active 1996-2009

Reference: A-054-014

Description: Two images, the upper one showing a man and woman, after William Hodges drawings of 1774. The pair are wearing headdresses and have empty earlobes stretched by wearing ear ornaments. The lower image is from a sketch by William Ellis showing two figures paddling a canoe with a small outrigger. From an unknown Italian publication. Biasioli (1790-1830) was one of the etchers. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Carlo Botticelli ft.; Recto - top right - 88 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Handpainted aquatint 200 x 165 mm; plate 225 x 185 mm on loose page, 340 x 240 mm. Provenance: Purchased by the vendor from a dealer in Washington DC.

Date: 1778 - 1779

By: Ellis, William Wade, 1751-1785; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: A-264-050

Description: Canoe prow lower left is Maori. Five other canoes are probably from other parts of the South Pacific. Face in centre of page is bearded and more likely to be a sailor than a native of the South Pacific. Water's edge with tree on right of sheet. Supplied title. Attribution on stylistic grounds by Rudiger Joppien 1981 Inscriptions: Verso - In ink: "A / D[?]. John Thompson/Thompson". Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Drawing on laid paper ; ink and coloured wash 243 x 353 mm

Date: 1779

From: Ellis, William Wade, d 1785 :[A collection of drawings made by William Ellis on H.M.S. Discovery and Resolution during Captain Cook's third voyage to the Pacific 1776-1780]

By: Ellis, William Wade, 1751-1785

Reference: A-264-049-2

Description: Mostly lines and blobs of paint and ink Drawn on Cook's third circumnavigation Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - '76' in ink Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink, watercolour & wash, 189 x 271 mm

Date: 2012

From: Evans, Malcolm Paul, 1945- :Digital cartoons

By: Fairfax Media Limited (Firm)

Reference: DCDL-0021965

Description: One of two fathers watching children playing rugby remarks that 'We've come a long way since William Webb Ellis picked up the ball and ran with it'. The other replies that now politicians allow foreigners to do it with 'our kids future'. Reputedly William Webb Ellis 'invented' rugby football by picking up the football and running with it. Are politicians allowing foreigners to pick up New Zealand and run away with our future? Colour and black and white versions are available Quantity: 2 digital cartoon(s).