A man of the Sandwich Islands, in a mask

Title

A man of the Sandwich Islands, in a mask

Source

Cook, James and King, James. 'A voyage to the Pacific Ocean... for making discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere’. London: Printed by W. & A. Strahan for G. Nicol & T. Codell, 1784

Page or Plate number

plate 66

Date made

1784

Place made

Europe, England, Greater London, London View on map Close map

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Category

Print

Print type

intaglio

Technique

engraving, printed in black ink, from one plate

Support

thin smooth cream laid paper

Manufacturers mark

watermark indecipherable

State

published state

Impression

undesignated impression as issued

Edition information

print run unknown

Inscriptions or device by artist or designated agent

No inscriptions.

IRN

212349

Accession number

2011.1215

Accession method

Gift

Meeting

Meeting 4, 2010/2011 (2011-02-22)

Provenance

Gift to the National Gallery of Australia, from Ted and Gina Gregg, Sydney, February 2011.

Credit line

Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg, 2010

Subject categories

Voyages of exploration and discovery 1600-1900: English | Australia, Art period: Pre-European settlement, to 1778

Last Updated

04 Jan 2013