A boxing match in Tonga witnessed by Captain Cook. Engraving by J. Taylor, 1782, after J. Webber, 1778.

  • Webber, John, 1751-1793.
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[1784]
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566223i
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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 30.3 x 22.5 cm

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A boxing match, in Hapaee ; J. Webber del. ; I. Taylor sc.

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. 309, no. 3.47A

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Wellcome Collection 566223i

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