Date: 1790-1799 by: cleveley, john, 1747-1786; webber, john, 1751-1793; turnbull, alexander horsburgh, 1868-1918. Ref: g-627. Cook at the water's edge in the left half of the view, surrounded by hawaiians, his right arm raised to order a sailor not to fire. A large palm tree is on the left and there are hills in the background. Derived chiefly from a detail of jukes' aquatint after cleveley of same subject. Formerly attributed by library staff to webber or to cleveley. However these attributions are now considered doubtful. Object Type: painting. Date: 1790s. Medium: painting. Collection: National Library of New Zealand. Death of Captain Cook, Alexander Turnbull Library
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