Untitled, “A Toupapow with a corpse on it attended by the chief mourner in his habit of ceremony.”

A very rare proof plate from Cook’s second voyage account.
Occasionally proof plates of engravings used in the published accounts are found and usually within composite albums. This indicates that “proofs” of the prints were offered for sale and purchased individually to collectors who would place them in albums of engravings of the period. The proof is identified by the following differences to the published version 1. Richness of the black engraved lines 2. Untitled 3. Very fine engraved artist and engravers information below the image at lower left and right, unlike the published version found in the accounts which has bold lettering.