Objects from the Hawaiian Islands. Engraving by J. Record, 1784, after J. Webber.

  • Webber, John, 1751-1793.
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[1784]
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566743i
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Left, a shark-tooth saw (Cook and King, op. cit., vol. II pp. 239-247); upper left, a shark-tooth knife (ibid.); top right, a rattle (ibid. pp. 232, 236); right an idol effigy (ibid. vol. III, pp. 17, 159-160); centre, a boar's tusk bracelet (ibid. vol. II pp. 232, 236); bottom, a dagger (ibid. vol. II p. 247)

Publication/Creation

[London] : [Printed for John Stockdale, Scatcherd and Whitaker, John Fielding, and John Hardy], [1784]

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1 print : engraving ; platemark 20.7 x 28 cm

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Various articles, at the Sandwich Islands ; J. Webber del. ; J. Record sculpt. Bears number: 67

References note

Rüdiger Joppien and Bernard Smith, The art of Captain Cook's voyages, vol. 3: The voyage of the Resolution and Discovery 1776-1780, New Haven and London 1988, p. 554, no. 3.327A

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Wellcome Collection 566743i

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