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book-illustration
Object Type
print
book-illustration
Museum number
1864,0714.124
Title
Object:
A Toupapow with a Corpse on it Attended by the Chief Mourner in his Habit of Ceremony
Description
View of a beach with a body raised on a platform covered with thatched roof to right, with two women beneath, mourning and a chief mourner standing in ceremonial dress to left, beside a palm tree, with a man carrying a spear to left and the sea in the background; illustration to "A Voyage towards the South Pole ... in the years 1772-75": state with title and artists' names. 1777 Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
William Woollett
After:
William Hodges
Published by:
William Strahan
Published by:
Thomas Cadell
School/style
British
Production date
1777
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
241 millimetres
Width:
390 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Bibliographic references
Fagan 1885 / A Catalogue Raisonné of the Engraved Works of William Woollett
(83.I)
((page 36, no. II))
Joppien & Smith 1985, 1988 / The Art of Captain Cook's Voyages (4 volumes)
(2.52A)
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Illustration to:
Captain James Cook
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
Tanna (Vanuatu)
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 name
Purchased from:
Julian Marshall
Purchased through:
Sotheby's
(sale 30.vi.1864/1967)
Purchased through:
Holloway (& Son)
Acquisition date
1864
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1864,0714.124