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Ship Cove, Queen Charlotte Sound; Webber John; c.1788; 1991-0005-1

Ship Cove, Queen Charlotte Sound, Webber John, c.1788, 1991-0005-1
Name/Title
Ship Cove, Queen Charlotte Sound
About this object
A scene describing the activities of English sailors and Maori in Ship Cove at the time of Captain Cook's third voyage. People, canoes and two astronomer's tents are set against a 'Europeanised' landscape.

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Maker
Webber John
Maker Role
artist
Date Made
c.1788
Place Made
England
Medium and Materials
oil on canvas
Measurements
584 x 762 mm
Credit Line
Purchased 1991 from the Bishop Suter Art Gallery, Nelson, with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds; gift of Sir Francis Henry Dillon Bell to the Bishop Suter Art Gallery, 1931
Object Type
paintings
Object number
1991-0005-1

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