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A View in Annamooka, one of the Friendly Isle's

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Date

1787

Artist

Print after John Webber (1751-1793)

Collection

Image Link

http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=3158442

Additional Makers

Print maker - John Webber; Publisher - John Webber

Description

A man standing, holding a staff, gesturing to left as he addresses three other figures sitting in a thatched building under a coconut tree, with an open front, including a woman playing the nose flute; with a woman and child talking to a figure sitting on a tree-trunk in the background to right. 1787. Hand-coloured etching.

Inscription

Lettered below the image with the title and 'Vide Cooks last Voy. I Chap. IV / Drawn & Etch'd by J. Webber / London Pubd [month and day supplied in pencil, separated by a comma] Feby. 1. 1787 by I. Webber No. 312 Oxford Street'

Image Licence

CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

Image Credit

image © Trustees of the British Museum

Location

Tonga

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Trees
People
Huts
Buildings

Category

People & Society

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