'Maitea [Mehetia], Augt 20th 1849' [Society Islands]

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'Maitea [Mehetia], Augt 20th 1849' [Society Islands]

No. 11 in Fanshawe's Pacific album, 1849 - 52. Captioned by the artist on the album page below the image, as title. The drawing shows Fanshawe's 'Daphne' under sail off what he called 'the bold rock of Maiatea' (Mehetia), in the Society Islands, which they passed at sunset on the evening of 20 August before reaching Papeete, Tahiti, on the morning of the 21st. It is a small uninhabited island about 110 km (68 miles) east of the southern point of Tahiti. It is volcanic with a well defined crater that still has an active hot spot. This is one of a group of 11 Fanshawe drawings of the Society Islands, PAI4616 - PAI426.

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Object Details

ID:	PAI4616
Type:	Drawing
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Fanshawe, Edward Gennys
Places:	Mehetia
Date made:	20 Aug 1849
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Sheet: 113 x 176 mm
Parts:	Album of watercolours of Madeira, Brazil, the Falkland and Pacific Islands, Chile, Panama, Mexico, Vancouver, and California (Album) The Fanshawes' sitting room (Drawing) (PAI4605) 'The Puntinha, Madeira, Jany 1st 1849. Taking a look at one's ship' (Drawing) (PAI4606) 'Cape Frio [Brazil] N by W 1/2 W distant 4 leagues. Lighthouse on highest point' (Drawing) (PAI4607) Panorama of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Drawing) (PAI4608) 'Tussac Grass, Falkland Islands' (Drawing) (PAI4609) 'Settlement at Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, May 1849' (Drawing) (PAI4610) 'Mount William, Falkland Islands, May 1849' (Drawing) (PAI4611) 'Andes, Aconcagua Peak distant 170 miles, June 18th 1849' (Drawing) (PAI4612) 'Pitcairn's Island, Augt 12th 1849' (Drawing) (PAI4613) 'John Adams' house and grave Pitcairn's Island, Augt 12th 1849' (Drawing) (PAI4614) 'Susan Young, The only surviving Tahitian woman, Pitcairn's [Island], Augt 1849' (Drawing) (PAI4615) 'Maitea [Mehetia], Augt 20th 1849' [Society Islands] (Drawing) (PAI4616) 'Eimeo [Moorea] from near Papeiti [Tahiti, Society Islands], Augt 25th 1849' (Drawing) (PAI4617) 'Tahiti [Society Islands]. The Ravine of Fautaua - Crown or Diademe Mountain in the centre of the Island, and the town of Papeiti, Augt 24th 1849' (Drawing) (PAI4618) 'Fautaua, Tahiti, Augt 25th 1849' [Society Islands] (Drawing) (PAI4619) 'Matavai Bay and Point Venus, Tahiti, Augt 24th 1849' [Society Islands] (Drawing) (PAI4620) Panorama of Eimeo [Moorea], Society Islands (Drawing) (PAI4621) 'In Eimeo [Moorea, Society Islands], Augt 27th 1849' (Drawing) (PAI4622) 'Teriitaria or Ariapaia [Teri’i tari’a II Ari’i' paea], Queen of Huahine, Augt 30th 1849' [Society Islands] (Drawing) (PAI4623) 'Panorama of Raiatea, Septr 1st 1849. Tahaa to the right' [Society Islands] (Drawing) (PAI4624) 'Bora bora, Septr 4th 1849' [Society Islands] (Drawing) (PAI4625) 'Bora bora [Society Islands], from a ruined native fort above the chief village on the East side of the island, Septr 5th 1849' (Drawing) (PAI4626) 'Bora bora, SE side, within the reef, Septr 5th 1849' [Society Islands] (Drawing) (PAI4627) 'Sunday bonnets at the Navigators' Islands [Samoa], Apia Bay, Septr 14th 1849' (Drawing) (PAI4628) 'Apia Bay, Upolu, Navigators' Islands [Samoa] Septr 18th 1849' (Drawing) (PAI4629) 'Savaii, Navigators' Islands [Samoa], Septr 1849' (Drawing) (PAI4630) 'Vewa, Feejee Islands, Octr 1849' [Fiji] (Drawing) (PAI4631) 'Ambau or M'bau [Bau], Feejee Islands, Octr 1849' [Fiji] (Drawing) (PAI4632) 'Double canoe off Moalu, Feejee Islands, Septr 26th 1849' [Fiji] (Drawing) (PAI4633) 'Ovolu [Ovolau], Feejee Islands, Octr 11th 1849' [Fiji] (Drawing) (PAI4634) 'Feejee hair-dressing; from one Tanoa's younger sons, Octr 7th 1849' [Fiji] (Drawing) (PAI4635) Seru Thakombau [Seru Epenisa Cakobau], 1815 - 83; King of Fiji, 1852-74 (Drawing) (PAI4636) 'Seru [Seru Epenisa Cakobau (Thakombau)], on board, and Masomalua (in the hat), Octr 1849' [Fiji] (Drawing) (PAI4637) 'Clubs from Feejee [Fiji] and Navigators' [Islands, (Samoa)]' (Drawing) (PAI4638) 'Spears from Feejee [Fiji] & New Hebrides' (Drawing) (PAI4639) 'Apia Bay, Upolu, Navigators' Islands, [Samoa] from verandah of my sick quarters, Novr 6th 1849' (Drawing) (PAI4640) 'From a back window in Panama, March 10th 1850' (Drawing) (PAI4641) 'Rancho at Concon, between Valparaiso and Quillota, Jany 14th 1850' [Chile] (Drawing) (PAI4642) 'Panama, March 1850' (Drawing) (PAI4643) 'Ruined tower on the site of the old town of Panama, destroyed by Morgan the Buccaneer in 1670, March 1850' (Drawing) (PAI4644) 'The extinct volcanoes Viejo and Monotomba, Realejo [Nicaragua], April 5th 1850' (Drawing) (PAI4645) 'Taboga, Bay of Panama - Islands of Perico, Hill over Panama &c in the distance, March 1850' (Drawing) (PAI4646) 'Mexicans, Plaza at Tepic [Mexico], Augt 19th - 13th 1850' (Drawing) (PAI4647) 'Mazatlan [Mexico] Augt 1850' (Drawing) (PAI4648) 'Outer anchorage in a calm, Mazatlan [Mexico], Augt 17th 1850' (Drawing) (PAI4649) 'Outer anchorage in a squall, Mazatlan [Mexico], Augt 22nd 1850, 8.am. "Query, which is the way to the ship?"' (Drawing) (PAI4650) 'Tepic [Mexico], Augt 12th 1850' (Drawing) (PAI4651) 'San Blas [Mexico], Oct 11th 1850, Mountains about Tepic, 6400 feet' (Drawing) (PAI4652) 'Plain of Santiago, Chile, from the Cuesta del Prado, Jany 7th 1851' (Drawing) (PAI4653) 'Suspension Bridge of hide thongs (but repaired with chain) over the Maypu, five leagues south of Santiago, Chile, Jany 11th 1851' (Drawing) (PAI4654) 'Lake of Acoleo [Laguna de Aculeo], Chile, Jany 11th 1851' (Drawing) (PAI4655) 'Callina [Colina], 15 miles north of Santiago, Jany 13th 1851' [Chile] (Drawing) (PAI4656) 'The Cuesta de Chacabuco, looking towards San Felipe de Aconcagua [Chile], Jany 14th 1851' (Drawing) (PAI4657) 'Two Leagues from Santa Rosa [de Los Andes, Chile], Jany 14th 1851' [with the Andes and Aconcagua] (Drawing) (PAI4658) 'Between San Felipe de Aconcagua and Quillota, Chile, Jany 16th 1851' (Drawing) (PAI4659) 'Esquimalt Harbour, Vancouver's Island, June 28th 1851' [Canada] (Drawing) (PAI4660) 'Indians at Fort Rupert, Vancouver's Island, July 1851' [Canada] (Drawing) (PAI4661) 'Woody Point, Vancouver's Island, July 8th 1851' [Canada] (Drawing) (PAI4662) 'Deer Island, Beaver Harbour, Vancouver's Island, July 15th 1851' [Canada] (Drawing) (PAI4663) 'Fort Rupert, Beaver Harbour, Vancouver's Island, July 23rd 1851' [Canada] (Drawing) (PAI4664) 'Victoria Settlement, Vancouver Island, Augt 13th 1851' [Canada] (Drawing) (PAI4665) Mr Rust, editor & renovator of the "Pacific Star", and his brother, Dr Rust, outside a saloon in Sacramento City [California], September 1851 (Drawing) (PAI4666) 'Grass Valley, near Nevada City, California, Septr. 18th 1851' (Drawing) (PAI4667) 'San Francisco, California, Octr 6th 1851' (Drawing) (PAI4668) 'Storm at Mazatlan [Mexico], Octr 28th 1851' (Drawing) (PAI4669) HMS 'Daphne' off Cape Horn, 28 May 1852 (Drawing) (PAI4670)