Captain Cook's men shooting at a herd of walrus in the Arctic Ocean during his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by E. Scott and J. Heath, 1784 after J. Webber.

  • Webber, John, 1751-1793.
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view Captain Cook's men shooting at a herd of walrus in the Arctic Ocean during his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by E. Scott and J. Heath, 1784 after J. Webber.

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Captain Cook's men shooting at a herd of walrus in the Arctic Ocean during his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by E. Scott and J. Heath, 1784 after J. Webber. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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North of the Bering Straits. Described in Cook's journals, 19-28 August 1778

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

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1 print : engraving ; platemark 27.1 x 41.1 cm

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Sea horses ; J. Webber del. ; engraved by E. Scott ; the figures by J. Heath Bears number: 52

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. 511 no. 3.279A
John Heath, The Heath family engravers 1779-1878, Aldershot 1993, vol. 1, pp. 96-97, no. 1785.6.2

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Wellcome Collection 566702i

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