5th Mar, 2024 10:00

Antiques & Collectables Auction

 
  Lot 559
 

559

A rare 1788 aquatint engraving relating to Capt Cook's Third Voyage

Sold for £300
Estimated at £300 - £500


 

A rare 1788 aquatint engraving relating to Capt Cook's Third Voyage, "View of Morea one of the Friendly Islands showing ships, canoes, natives...". Image shows HMS Resolution and HMS Discovery moored off Mo'orea in the Winward Islands in 1777. 47 cm by 65 cm approx. Condition: Early (original?) hand-colour still quite strong. Staining, discolouration and rubbing. Trimmed to within the platemark, artist's named retained and ink mount-lines added, laid to card. Old catalogue description pasted verso.