The head of a New Zealander, with a comb in his hair, an ornament of green stone in his ear, and another of a fish’s tooth round his neck
ARTIST: From a wash drawing by
Sydney PARKINSON on Cook's 1st voyage
PUBLICATION:
An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of his Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere, and successively performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour: drawn up from the journals which were kept by the several commanders, and from the papers of Joseph Banks, Esq, c.1773.
AUTHOR:
John Hawkesworth
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
In 1773, some of Parkinson’s drawings, including this one, were engraved and included in John Hawkesworth’s lengthy titled book (listed above).
In reproductions, this piece is often referred to as “The head of a New Zealander, with a comb in his hair, an ornament of green stone in his ear, and another of a fish’s tooth round his neck”.
This engraving was made in the 1790's from a sketch by Sydney Parkinson, the artist on James Cook’s first voyage to New Zealand.
— Engraver Thornton.
PRINT SIZE: 21.6cm x 13.5cm (5 7/16 x 8 1/3 inches) approximately.
CONDITION: Good.
THE head of a New Zealander, with a comb in his hair PRINT PHOTO: Brightness and colouring are dependent on the camera as well as the settings of the device used to see this page.
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Original Copperplate engraving
$125 USD
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