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Rare 18th-C. Original Watercolor After Webber

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Title: A Woman of Kamatschatka
Author: Webber, John (after)
Description: Original ink and watercolor illustration after John Webber. 11x10, image is 8¾x7¾.One of the earliest student drawings from Cook's Third Voyage. Dated Aug. 1784, the same month and year as the publication of the account of Cook's third (and final) voyage. Portrait of a young woman - "They were all dressed out in their best clothes. Those of the women were pretty and gay; consisting of a full, loose robe of white nankeen, gathered close around the neck, and fastened with a collar of coloured silk."
Heading: zzc (Cook, James)Place Published:
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Date Published: 1784