Dec 07, 2023 - Sale 2655

Sale 2655 - Lot 277

Price Realized: $ 20,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
(PACIFIC EXPLORATION.) James and John Cleveley; and Francis Jukes (engraver). [Views in the South Seas]: View of Huahine one of the Society Islands; View of Charlotte Sound in New Zealand (i.e., Matavai Bay, Tahiti); View of Morea one of the Friendly Islands; View of Owyhee, one of the Sandwich Islands. Set of 4 hand-colored aquatints illustrating events from Captain James Cook's third voyage in the years 1776-1780, including his death on the island of Hawaii. 20 1/4x26 1/2 inches each sheet size; professionally conserved having three of the four plates with margins expertly replaced; attractively float-mounted and framed (30 3/4x37 inches overall). London, [1787-1788]