Tahiti: a funerary monument (toupapow) with a corpse on it, encountered by Cook on his second voyage, 1772-1775. Engraving by W. Woollett after W. Hodges, 1 February 1777.
- Hodges, William, 1744-1797.
- Date:
- 1 February 1777
- Reference:
- 579276i
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London (New Street Shoe Lane & Strand) : Wm. Strahan & Thos. Cadell, 1 February 1777.
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1 print : engraving ; platemark 24.1 x 38.9 cm
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A toupapow with a corpse on it attended by the chief mourner in his habit of ceremony ; drawn from nature by W. Hodges ; engrav'd by W. Wollet
Bears number: XLIV
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Wellcome Collection 579276i
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