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The body of Tee, a chief, as preserved after death, in Otaheite. Drawn by John Webber and engraved by W. Byrne. The scene shows the embalmed corpse of Tee propped up on a bed draped with cloth placed in front of a hut for viewing. The sides of the open-sided thatched canopy (or hut) are enclosed with cloth. There is an attendant near the corpse. A collection of drawings by A. Buchan, S. Parkinson, and J. F. Miller, made in the Countries visited by Captain James Cook in his First Voyage [1768-1771], also of prints published in John Hawksworth's Voyages of Biron [Byron], Wallis, and Cook [1773], as well as in Cook's second and third Voyages [1772-1775, 1776-1780]. 1768-1780. Captain Cook's third voyage. Source: Add.23921 f.34.
![The body of Tee, a chief, as preserved after death, in Otaheite. Drawn by John Webber and engraved by W. Byrne. The scene shows the embalmed corpse of Tee propped up on a bed draped with cloth placed in front of a hut for viewing. The sides of the open-sided thatched canopy (or hut) are enclosed with cloth. There is an attendant near the corpse. A collection of drawings by A. Buchan, S. Parkinson, and J. F. Miller, made in the Countries visited by Captain James Cook in his First Voyage [1768-1771], also of prints published in John Hawksworth's Voyages of Biron [Byron], Wallis, and Cook [1773], as well as in Cook's second and third Voyages [1772-1775, 1776-1780]. 1768-1780. Captain Cook's third voyage. Source: Add.23921 f.34.](/photos/prev/OTE5MTI5MA/album_alb4065592.webp)
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Author: JOHN WEBBER (1751-1793)
Caption: The body of Tee, a chief, as preserved after death, in Otaheite. Drawn by John Webber and engraved by W. Byrne. The scene shows the embalmed corpse of Tee propped up on a bed draped with cloth placed in front of a hut for viewing. The sides of the open-sided thatched canopy (or hut) are enclosed with cloth. There is an attendant near the corpse. A collection of drawings by A. Buchan, S. Parkinson, and J. F. Miller, made in the Countries visited by Captain James Cook in his First Voyage [1768-1771], also of prints published in John Hawksworth's Voyages of Biron [Byron], Wallis, and Cook [1773], as well as in Cook's second and third Voyages [1772-1775, 1776-1780]. 1768-1780. Captain Cook's third voyage. Source: Add.23921 f.34.
Credit: Album / British Library
Image size: 4183 × 2940 px | 35.2 MB
Print size: 35.4 × 24.9 cm | 1646.9 × 1157.5 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: BODY • CADAVER • CHIEF • COOK'S THIRD VOYAGE • CORPS • CORPSE • DEAD BODY • DEAD • DEATH • DECEASED • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • ETHNICITY • EVENT • EVENTS • EXPEDITION • EXPEDITIONS • HUMANS • JOURNEY • JOURNEYMAN'S TRAVEL • JOURNEYMAN'S TRAVELS • JOURNEYS • LEISURE • NATIONALITY • ORGANISMS • PACIFIC ISLANDER ETHNICITY • PACIFIC ISLANDER • PEOPLE • PERFORMANCE • POLYNESIAN • PRINT • ROLE • TAHITIAN • THIRD VOYAGE OF CAPTAIN COOK • THRIP • TO TRAVEL • TRAVEL • TRAVELING • TRAVELS • TRIP • TRIPS • VOYAGE • WEBBER, JOHN
