webber john james cook (8 Ergebnisse)

Copper engraved portrait of a native Alaskan woman in traditional garb, head and shoulders. Folio sheet, 7 x 10 with very wide margins. Light fox spotting and marking outside the image, otherwise good + condition.

Copper engraved portrait of a native Alaskan man in traditional garb, head and shoulders. Light fox spotting and marking outside the image, otherwise good + condition. Folio sheet, 7 x 10 with very wide margins.

Zustand: Good condition. From Hogg's Geography, a pair of portraits of natives in traditional garb, head and shoulders. Some light fox spotting. Each measures 5 x 7" and is tipped on to a plate out of Hogg's Geography, 'View of Matavia Bay in Otaheite'.

Copper engraved view from the folio atlas to Captain Cook's third voyage, this classic view of the natives and their dwellings in Nootka Sound. Light general foxing around edges, slightly visible inside the impression line, otherwise good + condition.

Zustand: Very good condition. Copper engraved views of natives in traditional garb tending their kayaks at the water's edge. 15 x 9 1/2".

Copper engraved image of a polar bear on ice, from an account of the last voyage of Captain Cook. Very good + condition, extra wide margins. 9 3/4 x 8".

Print. Zustand: Very good condition. First printing. The separately published image by Webber of one of the iconic images of the 18th century. Cook, already a successful navigator, was immortalized after his death at the hands of Hawaiian natives at Karakakoa Bay. Cook had spent two months on the Big Island in 1779 and was well received, the natives believing he was a god. When he was forced to return due to a damaged mast, he was viewed as a mortal who had already sorely stretched the supplies of the Hawaiians. It is also thought that his handling of the natives was uncharacteristically brusque, leading to conjecture that this consummate traveler's judgment was somehow impaired. Copper engraving, published as the Act Directs 1st Jan. 1784, by J. Webber, No. 312, Oxford Street, and W. Byrne, No. 19, Titchfield Street, London. 22 3/4 x 18 1/4" image size. A very crisp impression on laid, watermarked paper. With the impression mark. A very nice bright clean copy of an important separately published engraving. Some cracking of edges outside the impression mark restored and the print is laid on archival paper.

Print. Zustand: Very good condition. First printing. The separately published image by Webber of one of the iconic images of the 18th century. Cook, already a successful navigator, was immortalized after his death at the hands of Hawaiian natives at Karakakoa Bay. Cook had spent two months on the Big Island in 1779 and was well received, the natives believing he was a god. When he was forced to return due to a damaged mast, he was viewed as a mortal who had already sorely stretched the supplies of the Hawaiians. It is also thought that his handling of the natives was uncharacteristically brusque, leading to conjecture that this consummate traveler's judgment was somehow impaired. Copper engraving, published as the Act Directs 1st Jan. 1784, by J. Webber, No. 312, Oxford Street, and W. Byrne, No. 19, Titchfield Street, London. 22 3/4 x 18 1/4" image size. A very crisp impression on laid, watermarked paper. Without the impression mark, with an archival border added to aid in framing. A very nice copy of an important separately published engraving.