A human sacrifice witnessed by Captain Cook on the island of Tahiti. Engraving by W. Woollett, 1784, after J. Webber.

  • Webber, John, 1751-1793.
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[1784]
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566622i
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The sacrifice took place on 1 September 1777 (Joppien and Smith p. 356)

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[London] : [Printed for John Stockdale, Scatcherd and Whitaker, John Fielding, and John Hardy], [1784]

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1 print : engraving ; platemark 28.6 x 49 cm

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A human sacrifice, in a morai, in Otaheite ; J. Webber del. ; W. Woollett sc.

References note

Rüdiger Joppien and Bernard Smith, The art of Captain Cook's voyages, vol. 3: The voyage of the Resolution and Discovery 1776-1780, New Haven and London 1988, p. 357, no. 3.100A

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Wellcome Collection 566622i

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