Captain Cook's landing on the island of Tanna amid a crowd of hostile inhabitants. Engraving by J.K. Sherwin, 1777, after W. Hodges.

  • Hodges, William, 1744-1797.
Date:
Feb.y 1st 1777
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London (New Street Shoe Lane) : Wm. Strahan ; [London] (in the Strand) : Thos. Cadell, Feb.y 1st 1777.

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1 print : engraving ; image 23.5 x 47.3 cm

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The landing at Tanna one of the New Hebrides. Painted by W. Hodges. Engrav'd by J.K. Sherwin Bears number: LIX

References note

Rüdiger Joppien and Bernard Smith, The art of Captain Cook's voyages, vol. 2: The voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775, New Haven and London 1985, pp. 94-95, p. 234, no. 2.134B

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After a painting by Hodges in the Royal Museums Greenwich (BHC1905)

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