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C1785
Interieur D’un Hippah De La Nouvelle Zelande.
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The inside of a Hippah, in New Zealand, French edition engraving first issued in the third voyage accounts. The pā shown is probably the fortified village on the island of Motuara, visited by Cook on 15 February and by Anderson … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Interieur D’un Hippah De La Nouvelle Zelande.
Date:
C1785
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition, with fold as issued.
Technique:
Copper engraving.
Image Size:
370mm
x 240mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1785
Description:
The inside of a Hippah, in New Zealand, French edition engraving first issued in the third voyage accounts.
The pā shown is probably the fortified village on the island of Motuara, visited by Cook on 15 February and by Anderson on 20 February, 1777. The view is taken looking north with Motuara in the background. It was visited by Cook on his first voyage, then Furneaux on the second voyage where he established his winter quarters and William Bayly’s his observatory. Between the second and third voyage, the pā had been rebuilt but was again deserted. This gave Webber an opportunity to also sketch it from the inside.
‘I made an excursion in my boat to look for grass, and visited the Hippah or fortified Village at the SW point of Motuara, and the places w[h]ere our Gardens were on that island. There were no people at the former but the houses and pallisades were rebuilt and in good order and had been inhabited not long before.’ Cook Journals III, I, 62.
John Webber (1752 - 1793)
John Webber was an 18th century artist, best known for his work as the official artist on Captain James Cook's third and final voyage to the Pacific in 1776-1780. He was born in London, England in 1751 and was trained as an artist. Webber accompanied Cook on his voyage as the official artist, tasked with creating drawings and paintings of the places and people they encountered. He produced many illustrations and sketches that were used to make engravings for inclusion in the official account of the voyage, published after Cook's death. Webber was required to "give a more perfect idea thereof than can be formed by written description." Webber's illustrations and engravings of the Pacific islands and their inhabitants are considered some of the most accurate and detailed depictions of the region from that time. They provide an important record of the places and people encountered by Cook and his crew, and are valuable for understanding the culture and daily life of the people of the Pacific during the 18th century. He died in London in 1793, after having returned from the voyage, but his work continues to be recognised as an important historical record of the voyage and of the art of his time. Webber's oeuvre from the voyage was the most comprehensive record of sights in the Pacific region ever produced.
