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- Museum number
- Oc2006,Prt.180
- Title
- Object: A boxing match, in Hapaee.
- Description
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Two men wearing cloth wraps, boxing, in front of a crowd of people seated on the ground. Trees are in the background. 1785.
Engraving
- Production date
- 1785
- Dimensions
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Height: 55.20 centimetres
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Width: 38.30 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Published in: Cook, James & King, James (1785) "Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke and Gore, in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Discovery , in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780." In three volumes and a fourth folio volume with engravings, known as "Atlas", plate 15.
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- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Torn and bent at the edges.
- Associated events
- Associated Event: Cook's Voyage to the Pacific Ocean
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc2006,Prt.180
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 15 (Plate number)
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Miscellaneous number: KXQ.Oc.16A (Old BM series number)