[Webber, John 1751-1793] :A view in Oheitepeha Bay, in the Island of Otaheite ; drawing for Webber's "Views in the South Seas". - [Between 1790 and 1793?].

Shows the Vaitepiha River on the Taiarapu Peninsula, Tahiti, 1777. A Tahitian man and woman stand on flat land to the left, a river in the centre. On the river is a canoe and across the river is a village. Tall hills in the background.

Acquired with B-091-005 and 006. These drawings, squared up for reproduction, ar considered by Dr R. Joppien to be Webber's preliminary drawings for pl. 5, 6, and 7 in his Views of the South Seas (London, 1808 [i.e. 1809]).

The watermark in B-091-006 was in use in the early 1790s (see TL 3/1/1, 13/3/85). Dr J.C. Beaglehole believed them to be copies.

Other Titles - Vaitepiha

Title and ascription from pencil inscription on verso, which continues: "Sent to Dr Bett of Nelson by H. Saxe Lyndham, London, at the end of 1939 and presented by Dr Bett to the Turnbull Library, 1944".

Quantity: 1 drawing(s).

Physical Description: Drawing on laid paper; pencil 284 x 416 mm, on sheet 318 x 446 mm

Provenance: Inscription on verso: " Sent to Dr Bett of Nelson by H. Saxe Lyndham, London, at the end of 1939 and presented by Dr Bett to the Turnbull Library in 1944".