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| Lot: 1088 Category: Memorabilia/Documents |
| Description: Captain Cooks Third Voyage Lithograph, depicting an offering before Cook in the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii) by J. Webber, circa 1779. The drawing features the local inhabitants with Cook and other crew assembled at a village meeting. The Landscape Eng. by Middiman, the figures by Hall, lithograph in black and white (approx 38x24cm) matted and timber framed under UV protection glass (scrapes on frame). John Webber was appointed as the official artist for Captain James Cook's third voyage of discovery. A successful landscape artist, Webber provided the illustrations for the three volume set of the official record of the voyage and after returning to London he exhibited these works at the Royal Academy. It was on this third voyage that Capt Cook was killed in Hawaii on 14 February 1779 after a dispute with the local inhabitants.
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