Additional Makers
Print maker - John Webber; Publisher - John Webber
Description
A bier draped with cloths, on which lies a shrouded body, with a thatched canopy above it, below a larger thatched canopy, with a man to the right, laying an offering at the feet of the corpse, other offerings, of fruit, on two small tables, one to either side. 1789. Hand-coloured soft-ground etching.
Inscription
Lettered below the image with the title and 'Vide Cooks last Voyage Cl. II, Chap. I, page 17. / J. Webber fecit. / London Publish'd July 1. 1789 by J. Webber, No. 312 Oxford Street.'
Image Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
Image Credit
image © Trustees of the British Museum
Location
Tahiti, French Polynesia
Country
French Polynesia
Medium
Print
Tags
Category
People & Society
