The interior of a house on the island of Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada, with some of its inhabitants encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by W. Sharp, 1784, after J. Webber.

  • Webber, John, 1751-1793.
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[1784]
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566662i
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view The interior of a house on the island of Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada, with some of its inhabitants encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by W. Sharp, 1784, after J. Webber.

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The interior of a house on the island of Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada, with some of its inhabitants encountered by Captain Cook on his third voyage (1777-1780). Engraving by W. Sharp, 1784, after J. Webber. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Visited by Cook and Webber on 22 April 1778. Fish are being smoked over a fire, and a large quantity of smoked fish are suspended from branches in the ceiling. Two large carved effigies are placed against the back wall

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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 26.9 x 40.2 cm

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The inside of a house in Nootka Sound; J. Webber del. ; W. Sharp sculp. Bears number: 42

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. 445, no. 3.202A
Haa'yups, 'The 242-year gaze', in Jack Davy (ed.), Empowering art: indigenous creativity and activism from North America's Northwest Coast, Norwich: Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, 2023, pp. 11-21 (this print reproduced p. 12)

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Wellcome Collection 566662i

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