Sulphur Island [two views on one sheet]
Signed by the artist and dated, l.r. below image 'W: Ellis fect. 1779.' The inscriptions appear to be later as on others of the group. That above the upper image reads, 'Sulpher Isld / SULPHER-ISLAND / So[uth] Side 2 miles'; that below the lower image reads, 'The upper view as seen Monday 15 Nov 1779, at 9 A.M. / Southside, dist 2 Miles [with roman 'II' above] / 'The under view the W.S.W. side distant 2 miles /[next line] See Ellis's Voyages. Vol 2. page 323'. These are views taken on Cook's third voyage (1776-80), presumably from 'Discovery' by the ship's artistic surgeon's mate and among ten by him in the collection (PAH0144-PAH0153). This drawing is not listed in Joppien and Smith's 'The Art of Captain Cook's Voyages' (vol. III [1988]): reasons for the omission are not clear. For notes on Ellis see PAH0144. [PvdM 10/18]
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Object Details
ID: | PAH0149 |
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Type: | Drawing |
Display location: | Not on display |
Creator: | Ellis, William Wade |
Places: | Unlinked place |
Events: | Exploration: Cook's Third Voyage, 1776 |
Date made: | 1779 |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Presented by Captain A. W. F. Fuller through The Art Fund |
Measurements: | Sheet: 161 mm x 461 mm; Mount: 481 mm x 633 mm |