Print Description
This print shows a large group of men, all wearing cloth wraps, seated in a semicircle inside a thatched roof building. Poulaho, King of Tonga, is seated with a piece of cloth behind him, facing the group of men and a man is kneeling and bowing in front of him. A man in the semicircle is making kava in a large bowl and another man is offering a bowl of kava to the King. This is a mirror picture of the original print.
Made by Alfred William Warren after John Webber .
Medium: Etching / Engraving on wove (vellin) paper. Watermark: No.
Sheet size: 26 x 20 cm (10.24 x 7.87 inch). Image size: 17.2 x 14 cm. (6.77 x 5.51 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Minor foxing. Creases in upper left and lower right edge. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
FRIENDLY ISLANDS-POULAHO-KING OF TONGA-DRINKING KAVA-TRADITIONAL CLOTHES-TRIBE | RB-A7-23
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
This attractive print was first published in: Cook, James & King, James (1785) “Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, for making discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed under the direction of Captains Cook, Clerke and Gore, in His Majesty’s ships the Resolution and Discovery , in the years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779 and 1780.” In three volumes. and a fourth folio volume with engravings, known as “Atlas”, plate 20. This print is from a later edition.
Biography engraver: Alfred William Warren, English engraver, son of Charles Turner Warren (1762-1823).
Biography artist: John Webber (1752-1793) was the official artist for the third voyage of Captain James Cook (1728-1779). The purpose of this voyage was to discover the Northwest Passage and to explore the Pacific Ocean north of the Equator. Captain Cook was an extraordinary explorer known for discovering and mapping unknown territory and for his many contributions to the scientific world. This original engraving from Webber’s drawings and paintings are only a glimpse into this great man’s historical contributions that make him one of the greatest explorers of all times.
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