Hawaiian Islands / O‘Whyhee
14 Dec 1781, G. Robinson
Copper plate engraving, hand colored
Mat: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm); image: 4½ × 6½ in. (11.4 × 16.5 cm)
Provenance: John Dominis Holt, Honolulu, HI
This hand-colored copper plate engraving presents a coastal settlement at O‘Whyhee, an early European spelling for Hawai‘i. The composition shows thatched structures, a boathouse, and a small foreground figure, placing the scene within the visual record of late eighteenth-century Pacific travel. Works of this type helped shape European understanding of the Hawaiian Islands during the period following Captain Cook’s voyages.
The engraving is modest in scale, with careful hand coloring used to distinguish the landscape, architecture, and vegetation. The print has documentary interest through its early Hawaiian subject and its connection to printed voyage and geography publications. The John Dominis Holt provenance adds a Honolulu collecting association to a work already tied to Hawaiian history.
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Hawaiian Islands / O‘Whyhee
14 Dec 1781, G. Robinson
Copper plate engraving, hand colored
Mat: 11 × 14 in. (27.9 × 35.6 cm); image: 4½ × 6½ in. (11.4 × 16.5 cm)
Provenance: John Dominis Holt, Honolulu, HI
This hand-colored copper plate engraving presents a coastal settlement at O‘Whyhee, an early European spelling for Hawai‘i. The composition shows thatched structures, a boathouse, and a small foreground figure, placing the scene within the visual record of late eighteenth-century Pacific travel. Works of this type helped shape European understanding of the Hawaiian Islands during the period following Captain Cook’s voyages.
The engraving is modest in scale, with careful hand coloring used to distinguish the landscape, architecture, and vegetation. The print has documentary interest through its early Hawaiian subject and its connection to printed voyage and geography publications. The John Dominis Holt provenance adds a Honolulu collecting association to a work already tied to Hawaiian history.
We ship free anywhere in the world, fully insured, packed by hand.
