Lot 1258
Sale 128 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals
Images
Description
Captain Cook's First Voyage lithograph, A Native of Otaheite, in the Dress of his Country, (approx 20.5x26.5cm), by S. Parkinson, engraved by R.B. Godfrey Sc., being plate 3 from Sydney Parkinson's expedition journal, 'A Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's Ship, the Endeavour', first published posthumously in 1773, matted and framed under glass (approx 40.5x47cm). Foxing on print, otherwise very fine.
Sydney Parkinson was an artist and botanical illustrator hired by Joseph Banks to be a member of Captain Cook's First Voyage to the Pacific in 1768. He died at sea aboard the Endeavour in 1771.
- Estimate
- $240
- Result Status
- Passed in