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Man in Christmas Sound, Tierra del Fuego
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Record information Man in Christmas Sound, Tierra del Fuego
Date:1776-1777Type of material:ArtFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:2908050Date(s):1776-1777Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:1 print / estampe : etching and engraving (proof before title) on laid paper
Support 33.800 x 25.300 cm
Platemark 30.900 x 24.600 cmScope and content:The Journal of Cook's Voyages was published in 1777, in two volumes and includes engravings done by many artists after drawings executed by William Hodges who was chosen, by the British Admiralty, to accompany Captain James Cook on his Second Voyage (1772-1775) as the official artist of this expedition. The official first edition was published February 1, 1777 by William Strahan in New Street, Shoe Lane and Thomas Cadell in the Strand, London England. This image appears in Volume Two, facing page 183., Clothing is a seal-skin, hardly large enough to cover shoulders; and all their lower parts were quite naked. The man is beardless, with lanky shoulder-lenth hair.Additional name(s):Additional information:General note:album: Volume OneSignatures and inscriptions note:Inscription: in the plate, l.l.: Hodges DEL.AD.VIVUM; l.r.: BASTRE.SC.; in pencil, recto, b.: 2 Voyage Man of Christmass (sic) Sound- Vol..189; u.r.: "XXVII" (29)Subject heading:Source:PrivateOther accession no.:00086
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Physical access through an art archivist. No restriction on use for reproduction or publicationItem no. assigned by LAC [1991-265 X] 86[Consultation Open]Terms of use:Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1991-265-86
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