print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1864,0714.123
- Title
- Object: Monuments in Easter Island
- Description
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Landscape with rocks to right and the sea to left, one carved with part of a face, large carved monuments at the water's edge, dwarfing a man who stands with a spear and basket and the bones of a large mammal on the shore in the centre; illustration to "A Voyage towards the South Pole ... in the years 1772-75"; state with artists' names only. 1777
Etching
- Production date
- 1777
- Dimensions
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Height: 240 millimetres
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Width: 390 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- See Joppien & Smith no. 2.94: they make no mention of the Woollett engraving, only of one by Bartolozzi, which is the only evidence of drawings of Easter Island views by Hodges, since none are known.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: A Voyage towards the South Pole and round the World, performed in His Majesty's Ships the "Resolution" and "Adventure", in the years 1772-75, Written by James Cook (2 vol.s; 4o.)
- Acquisition date
- 1864
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1864,0714.123