A man from the Hawaiian Islands wearing a mask; encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by T. Cook after J. Webber, 1780/1785.
- Webber, John, 1751-1793.
- Date:
- [1784]
- Reference:
- 566740i
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He is wearing a gourd helmet with a fern crest above and cloth strips below
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[London] : [Printed for John Stockdale, Scatcherd and Whitaker, John Fielding, and John Hardy], [1784]
Physical description
1 print : engraving ; platemark 28.7 x 21 cm
Lettering
A man of the Sandwich Islands, in a mask ; J. Webber del. ; T. Cook sculpt.
Bears number: 66
References note
Rüdiger Joppien and Bernard Smith, The art of Captain Cook's voyages, vol. 3: The voyage of the Resolution and Discovery 1776-1780, New Haven and London 1988, p. 541, no. 3.311A
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Wellcome Collection 566740i
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