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The art of Captain Cook's voyages : with a descriptive catalogue of all the known original drawings of peoples, places, artefacts and events and the original engravings associated with them / Rüdiger Joppien and Bernard Smith.

The dead body of Tee, one of the chiefs of the island of Tahiti, in a state of preservation. Engraving by W. Byrne, 1784, after J. Webber.

Objects from the Hawaiian Islands. Engraving by J. Record, 1784, after J. Webber.

A sea otter on a shore; encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by P. Mazell, 1784, after J. Webber.

A canoe with men from the Hawaiian Islands wearing masks, encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by C. Grignion, 1784, after J. Webber.

A young woman from the Hawaiian Islands. Engraving by J.K. Sherwin after J. Webber, 17--.

Two pairs of men fighting in combat, watched by a  crowd, on the island of Lifuka, Tonga, May 1777, in honour of Captain Cook. Engraving by J. Heath, 1784, after J. Webber.

The Hawaiian chief Kana'ina (Kaneena) wearing a feather helmet. Engraving by J.K. Sherwin, 1784, after J. Webber.

Krakatoa: plantain trees (Musa x paradisiaca) and coconut palms (Cocos nucifera) in a forest clearing, with native man and his hut. Coloured soft-ground etching after J. Webber, 1788.

A Maori village (a hippah or pa) in New Zealand visited by Captain Cook during his third voyage, 1776-1780. Engraving by B.T. Pouncy, 1784, after J. Webber, ca. 1782.

Interior of a house occupied by men, women and children in Unalaska, Alaska, visited by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by W. Sharp, 1784, after J. Webber.

A morai (place of burial) in Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, visited by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by D. Lerpinière after J. Webber, 1780/1785.

A ceremony in honour of the king's son, on the island of Tongatapu. Engraving by J. Hall and S. Middiman, 1784, after J. Webber.

Krakatoa: fan palm (Chamaerops humilis L.) with surrounding tropical forest and native woman. Coloured soft-ground etching after J. Webber, 1788.

The body of Vehiatua II, chief of Teahupo'o, lying in state in Tahiti two years after his death, as encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Coloured soft-ground etching by J. Webber, 1789.

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Webber, John, 1751-1793

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A morai (place of burial) in Kauai, Hawaiian Islands, visited by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by D. Lerpinière after J. Webber, 1780/1785.

A ceremony in honour of the king's son, on the island of Tongatapu. Engraving by J. Hall and S. Middiman, 1784, after J. Webber.

Krakatoa: fan palm (Chamaerops humilis L.) with surrounding tropical forest and native woman. Coloured soft-ground etching after J. Webber, 1788.

A Maori village (a hippah or pa) in New Zealand visited by Captain Cook during his third voyage, 1776-1780. Engraving by B.T. Pouncy, 1784, after J. Webber, ca. 1782.

The body of Vehiatua II, chief of Teahupo'o, lying in state in Tahiti two years after his death, as encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Coloured soft-ground etching by J. Webber, 1789.