Painting
- Museum number:
- 17-486
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21170000486
- Accession number:
- Acc.2560
- Description:
- The Death of Captain James Cook by the Indians of O.WHY.EE. one of the Sandwich Islands
- Donor:
- Mrs. Gardner Dailey
- Collection place:
- England
- Verbatim coll. place:
- England [?]
- Culture or time period:
- Hawaiian
- Collector:
- Gardner Dailey and Mrs. Gardner Dailey
- Collection date:
- before 1970
- Materials:
- Glass (material), Paper (fiber product), and Wood (plant material)
- Person depicted:
- James Cook
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Paintings (visual works)
- Accession date:
- 1969
- Context of use:
- made for sale; based on old etching or drawing
- Department:
- Drawings and paintings
- Dimensions:
- width 62 centimeters, width 73.5 centimeters, height 48 centimeters, and height 59.5 centimeters
- Title:
- THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK BY THE INDIANS OF O.WHY.EE. ONE OF THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.
- Comment:
- Note on catalogue card: "ca. 21 English sailors, three rowboats, Capt. Cook and four Hawaiians (landing party at water's edge); waterstains; painting 48 x 62 cm.; overall 59.5 x 73.5 cm
- Legacy documentation:
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