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A representation of the attack of Captain Wallis in the Dolphin by the natives of Otaheite [Tahiti]
Title:A representation of the attack of Captain Wallis in the Dolphin by the natives of Otaheite [Tahiti]
Type:Engraving
Description:Engraved for inclusion as plate xxii in the first volume of John Hawkesworth's Account Account of the Voyages'in the Southern Hemisphere, London: 1773.
Location:South Seas
Physical description:plate mark 23 x 31.2 cm.
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A representation of the attack of Capt. Wallis in the Dolphin by the natives of Otaheite [Tahiti]
Title:A representation of the attack of Capt. Wallis in the Dolphin by the natives of Otaheite [Tahiti]
Type:Engraving
Description:Engraved for inclusion as plate xxii n the first volume of John Hawkesworth's Account Account of the Voyages'in the Southern Hemisphere, London: 1773.
Location:National Library of Australia
Physical description:plate mark 23 x 31.2 cm.
Digital Versions:jpeg file
Tahitian girls in outrigger canoe loaded with fruit
Title:Tahitian girls in outrigger canoe loaded with fruit
Type:Pen and wash drawing
Description:By Charles-Claude Antiq (b.1824)
Location:National Library of Australia
Physical description:21.5 x 28.1 cm.
Digital Versions:jpeg file
View in Ulietea [Raiatea]
Title:View in Ulietea [Raiatea]
Type:Hand Coloured Etching
Description:y John Webber (1752-1793). This was one of a series of etchings Webber completed between 1788 and 1792. The etchings were the basis of a later series of engravings by the artist that were eventually published as acquatint plates in London in 1808.
Location:National Library of Australia
Physical description:plate mark 29.4 x 43 cm.
Digital Versions:jpeg file
View in Ulietea [Raiatea]
Title:View in Ulietea [Raiatea]
Type:Oil Painting
Description:By John Webber (1752-1793). Painted 1786.
Location:National Library of Australia
Physical description:43.4 x 61 cm.
Digital Versions:jpeg file
A sailing canoe of Otahaite [Tahiti]
Title:A sailing canoe of Otahaite [Tahiti]
Type:Soft Ground Etching
Description:By John Webber (1750-1793). Published August 1792. This was one of a series of etchings Webber completed between 1788 and 1792. The etchings were the basis of a later series of engravings by the artist that were eventually published as acquatint plates in London in 1808.
Location:National Library of Australia
Physical description:plate mark 32.5 x 44.8 cm.
Digital Versions:jpeg file
A view of the Island of Otaheite[Tahiti], with several vessels of that island.
Title:A view of the Island of Otaheite[Tahiti], with several vessels of that island.
Type:Engraving
Description:By Edward Rooker (ca. 1712-1774). Created from a drawing by Sydney Parkinson for inclusion as plate iv in volume two of John Hawkesworth's Account of the Voyages'in the Southern Hemisphere, London: 1773.
Location:South Seas
Physical description:plate mark 23.5 x 42.5 cm.
Digital Versions:Shockwave Flash (.swf) - requires plug-in
A view of the island of Otaheite [Tahiti], with several vessels of that island
Title:A view of the island of Otaheite [Tahiti], with several vessels of that island
Type:Engraving
Description:By Edward Rooker (ca. 1712-1774). Created from a drawing by Sydney Parkinson for inclusion as plate iv in volume two of John Hawkesworth's Account of the Voyages'in the Southern Hemisphere, London: 1773.
Location:National Library of Australia
Physical description:plate mark 23.5 x 42.5 cm.
Digital Versions:jpeg file
 

Published by South Seas, 1 February 2004
Comments, questions, corrections and additions: Paul.Turnbull@jcu.edu.au
Prepared by: Paul Turnbull
Updated: 28 June 2004
To cite this page use: http://nla.gov.au/nla.cs-ss-biogs-gallery-P000422

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