[Print]
English School. J. Hall, sculp. CAPT. WALLIS MEETS OBEREA, QUEEN
OF OTAHEITE. Queen leads deputation to Wallis and his marines in a
landscape before her columned palace. Engraved by J. Hall after a
design by an unidentified artist. Without title letterpress.
London. 1773. Copper engraved print. 10 x 13 1/2". Plate No. 22.
John Hawkesworth. An account of the voyages... for making
discoveries in the southern hemisphere. 4to. Good condition, sharp
impression. Large old cork stamp upper center of the Metropolitan
L & S Institution. $350.00. I.D.#03369.
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English School. J. B. Cipriani. "HAWAIIAN PALACE" (Palace of Queen Oberia of Otaheite). Numerous natives dance and pose within a
columned interior. Engraved by F. Bartolozzi after a design by
Cipriani. London. 1773. Copper engraved print. 10 x 14 1/8". Plate
No. 18. John Hawkesworth. An account of the voyages... for making
discoveries in the southern hemisphere. 4to. Good condition, two
corners chipped. $375.00. I.D.#03366.
[Print]
English School. [MERCURY BAY]. View of a bay on the northeast
coast of the northern most island of New Zealand. Hollow rock with
peaks beyond, native canoes in foreground. London. 1773. Copper
engraved print. 8 3/8 x 10 3/4". Artist and engraver unidentified.
Plate No. 18. John Hawkesworth. An account of the voyages... for
making discoveries in the southern hemisphere. 4to. Good
condition, sharp impression. Largo old cork stamp upper left of
the Metropolitan L & S Institution. $275.00. I.D.#03368.
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English School. J.B. Cipriani. "HAWAIIAN NATIVES". London. 1783.
Copper engraved print. 9 1/2 x 12 3/4". Engraved by F. Bartolozzi
after a design by Cipriani and used as Plate No. 1 in John
Hawkesworth. An account of the voyages... for making discoveries
in the southern hemisphere. 4to. $350.00. I.D.#03362.
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English School. [John James Barralet]. VIEW OF THE ISLAND OF OTAHEITE. Also known as "HAWAIIAN BURIAL". Developed from a pencil
and wash drawing by Barralet and engraved by William Woollett.
Original drawing the the State Library of New South Wales, Sydney.
London. 1783. A view of the island of Otaheite; with the house or
shed called tupapow, under which the dead are deposited, and a
representation of the person who performs the principal part of
the funeral ceremony in his peculiar dress; with a man climbing
the bread-fruit tree to get out of his way. Copper engraved print
9 1/4 x 14 1/4". Plate No. 5. John Hawkesworth. An account of the
voyages... for making discoveries in the southern hemisphere. 4to.
Good condition, sharp impression. Large old cork stamp upper right
of the Metropolitan L & S Institution. Otaheite was in reality the
island of Tahiti.
I.D.#03364.
SOLD.
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English School. NEW ZEALAND WAR CANOE. Large bark propelled by
forty-two paddlemen with an ornate prow and stern. In a bay with
cliffs in the distance. Artist and engraver unidentified. London.
1773. Copper engraved print. 9 1/8 x 22 1/4". Plate No. 16. John
Hawkesworth. An account of the voyages... for making discoveries
in the southern hemisphere. 4to. Good condition, sharp impression.
Large old cork stamp upper left of the Metropolitan L & S
Institution. I.D.#03367.
SOLD.
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English School. E. Rooker, sculp. NEW ZEALAND CANOES UNDER SAIL.
Natives fish on the shore of a bay with four sailing canoes and a
raft in the foreground. Large hill in the distance. Engraved by Rooker after an unidentified artist. London. 1773. Copper engraved
print. 8 7/8 x 17 1/2". Plate No. 4. John Hawkesworth. An account
of the voyages... for making discoveries in the southern
hemisphere. 4to. Fair condition, joined at fold, stains lower left
with light foxing. $400.00. I.D.#03365.
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English school. [John James Barralet]. TREE ON ONE-TREE HILL - OTAHEITE (Tahiti). Engraving after the second of two wash drawings
by Barralet in the State Library of New South Wales, Sydney and in
the British Library. Re-titled: A VIEW OF MATAVIA BAY IN OTAHEITE...
FROM ONE-TREE HILL. London. 1773. Copper engraved print. 8 1/4 x
10 1/2". The engraving after Barralet was copied from Parkinson
and used as Plate No. 2. John Hawkesworth. An account of the
voyages... for making discoveries in the southern hemisphere. 4to.
Fair condition, small stain lower right. Large old cork stamp
upper right of the Metropolitan L & S Institution. $275.00. I.D.#03363.
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English School. [LANDING OF WALLIS AT OTAHEITE]. English warships
having landed marines from two cutters in a choppy surf as natives
watch, two with ponies to right. London. 1773. Copper engraved
print. 9 7/8 X 17 1/4". Plate 23. John Hawkesworth. An account of
the voyages... for making discoveries in the southern hemisphere.
4to. Fair condition only with foxing and stains and a few margin
chips. Large old cork stamp upper right of the Metropolitan L & S
Institution. $375.00. I.D.#03370.
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English School. POULAHO, KING OF THE FRIENDLY ISLANDS AT THE TIME
OF CAPTAIN COOK'S VISIT. Bust portrait of the king wearing feather
head dress. London. c1800. Copper engraved print. 6.6 x 5"
(image). $75.00.
I.D.#10151.
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English School. INTERVIEW BETWEEN CAPTAIN WALLIS, AND OBEREA,
QUEEN OF OTAHEITE, AFTER PEACE BEING ESTABLISHED WITH THE NATIVES
OF THAT ISLAND. Copper engraved plate. 8 1/8 x 10 1/4". Reworking
of the same scene taken from Plate 22 in Hawkesworth's 1773 first
edition of the first voyage of Captain Cook. Good condition, sharp
impression with only a few light fox marks. London. c1800. Early
19th century. I.D.#03372. SOLD.
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English School. John Webber. A YOUNG WOMAN OF OTAHEITE, IN THE
DRESS THEY ASSUME WHEN BRINGING A PRESENT. Comely maiden wears an
elaborate hooped skirt suspended from her waist. Engraved by A. W.
Warren. London. c1800. Early 19th century. Copper engraved plate.
8 1/8 x 10 1/4". Very good condition. $150.00. I.D.#03373.
[Print]
English School. John Webber. A BOXING MATCH AT HAPAE, ONE OF THE
FRIENDLY ISLANDS. Engraved by A.W. Warren. Plate from a later
edition of the Cook voyages. The artist was draftsman on the
Resolution, flagship of Capt. Cook, between 1776 to 1780. London.
c1800. Early 19th century. Copper engraved plate. 8 1/8 x 10 1/4".
$150.00. I.D.#03379.
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English School. THE NATIVES OF OTAHEITE, ATTACKING CAPTN. WALLIS,
THE FIRST DISCOVERER OF THAT ISLAND. Hostile natives in war canoes
attack a British warship in a harbor as a potentate observes from
a large barge in foreground. London. c1800. Early 19th century.
Copper engraved plate. 8 1/8 x 10 1/4". Found at page 6 of the
first volume of a later edition of Cook's third voyage. Good
condition, few light fox marks. I.D.#03371. SOLD.
[Print]
English School. REPRESENTATION OF A HUMAN SACRIFICE IN A MORAI AT
OTAHEITE IN THE PRESENCE OF CAPTAIN COOK AND HIS OFFICERS. Plate
found at p.42 in the first volume of a later edition of the Cook
voyages. London. c1800. Early 19th century. Copper engraved plate.
7.25 x 5". Fine condition. $125.00. I.D.#10149.
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English School. John Webber. THE CEREMONY OF POULAHO KING OF THE
FRIENDLY ISLANDS DRINKING KAVA IN THE PRESENCE OF THE CHIEFS AND A
NUMEROUS ASSEMBLAGE OF OTHER PRINCIPAL PERSONS. Native council in
an interior. Engraved by A.W. Warren. London. c1800. Early 19th
century. Copper engraved plate. 6 3/4 x 4 3/4". Taken from a later
edition of the Cook voyages. Good condition. $70.00. I.D.#10156.
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English School. VARIOUS INSTRUMENTS USED BY THE NATIVES OF OTAHEITE. Plate found at p.37 in the first volume of a later
edition of Cook's voyages. London. c1800. Early 19th century.
Copper engraved plate. 7 x 4.75" Fine condition. $60.00. I.D.#10186.
[Print]
English School. [James Cook]. WAR CANOES OF OTAHEITE EQUIPP'D FOR
ENGAGEMENT AS REPRESENTED BY CAPTN. COOKE [sic]. Plate found at
p.30 in the first volume of a later edition of Cook's voyages.
London. c1800. Early 19th century. Copper engraved plate. 7 x 5".
Fine condition. $85.00. I.D.#10153.
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English School. VIEW OF A TUPPAPOW OR SHED, UNDER WHICH THE BODIES
OF THE CHIEFS OF OTAHEITE, ARE EMBALMED AND PRESERVED AFTER DEATH.
Another scene than that used as Plate No. 5 in Hawkesworth's 1773
edition of the first voyage of Captain Cook. A chief lies in state
while an embalmer looks on. London. c1800. Early 19th century.
Copper engraved plate. 7 1/4 x 5 1/4". Good condition. $65.00. I.D.#10152. |