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Add MS 15508, f 14
- Record Id:
- 040-003395030
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002087280
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100056127993.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 15508, f 14
- Title:
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Scene in Tahiti, drawing by Tupaia
- Scope & Content:
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Location: Otaheite [Tahiti]
Numbered ‘14’ (top right).
Drawing by an artist previously identified as ‘The Artist of the Chief Mourner’, and attributed by Joppien and Smith to Joseph Banks, on account of the detailed depiction of plants (pandanus, breadfruit, banana, coconut trees and taro). Now considered to be drawn by Tupaia (Keith Vincent Smith, ‘Tupaia’s sketchbook’, British Library eJournal, 2005: http://www.bl.uk/eblj/2005articles/pdf/article10.pdf).
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002087280
040-003395030 - Is part of:
- Add MS 15508 : DRAWINGS, in Indian ink, illustrative of Capt. Cook's first voyage, 1768 -1770, chiefly relating to Otaheite and New Zealand, by…
Add MS 15508, f 14 : Scene in Tahiti, drawing by Tupaia - Hierarchy:
- 032-002087280[0014]/040-003395030
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 15508
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 drawing
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1769
- End Date:
- 1769
- Date Range:
- Apr 1769-Jul 1769
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: Pencil and watercolour, on paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 267 x 370 mm
- Former Internal References:
- Add MS 15508, f 12
- Finding Aids:
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Rudiger Joppien and Bernard Smith, The Art of Captain Cook’s Voyages (1985-1987), 1.66
- Publications:
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The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks 1768-1771, ed. J C Beaglehole (1962), vol. I, plate 9b.
Neil Chambers, Endeavouring Banks: Exploring Collections from the Endeavour Voyage 1768-1771 (2016), p. 134-135.
- Exhibitions:
- Joseph Banks, Usher Gallery, Lincoln, 14 February 2014 - 11 May 2014
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Tupaia, Polynesian navigator, c 1725-1770