IDNO

LS.78968.NKC

Description

Etching depicting a number of vessels crowded with people, approaching the shore. [Mark Elliott 27/01/04]

'The Fleet of Otaheite assembled at Oparee' - an illustration etching to "A Voyage towards the South Pole ... in the years 1772-75": boats moored off the shore of Tahiti; on the boat in the foreground is a figure in mourner's dress.
Published by: Thomas Cadell, After: William Hodges, 1777, Engraved by William Woollett. [JD 26/06/2019]


Place

Oceania Polynesia; French Polynesia; Society Islands; Tahiti

Cultural Affliation

Tahitian

Named Person

Photographer

After Hodges, William [Artist]; Woollett, William [Engraver]; Cadell,Thomas [Publisher]

Collector / Expedition

Chadwick, Nora Kershaw

Date

1777

Collection Name

Chadwick Collection

Source

Format

Lantern Slide Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

LS.78959.NKC to LS.79001.NKC were found in wooden box now numbered C377/.

The list describing individual slides is pasted to the inside lid of the box C377/.

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program One. [Mark Elliott 27/01/04].