Society Islands / Ulitea (Raiatea)
18th century
Hand-colored copper plate engraving
Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm); image: 5 × 7 in. (12.7 × 17.8 cm)
Provenance: Private collection, Stockholm
This hand-colored copper plate engraving depicts a woman of Ulitea, the early European name for Raiatea in the Society Islands, produced as part of the printed visual record of Captain Cook's Pacific voyages. Engravings of Pacific figures from the Cook voyage publications circulated widely through European print culture in the late eighteenth century, and this example comes from a private Stockholm collection reflecting that broad Continental distribution.
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Society Islands / Ulitea (Raiatea)
18th century
Hand-colored copper plate engraving
Mat: 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm); image: 5 × 7 in. (12.7 × 17.8 cm)
Provenance: Private collection, Stockholm
This hand-colored copper plate engraving depicts a woman of Ulitea, the early European name for Raiatea in the Society Islands, produced as part of the printed visual record of Captain Cook's Pacific voyages. Engravings of Pacific figures from the Cook voyage publications circulated widely through European print culture in the late eighteenth century, and this example comes from a private Stockholm collection reflecting that broad Continental distribution.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
