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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.
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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.
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