Omai, a Native of the Island of Utietea [i.e. Ulietea] (detail) Les Sauvages de la mer Pacifique 1805 Cook & Omai: The Cult of the South Seas Les Sauvages de la mer Pacifique 1805
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A Dance in Otaheite
 

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John Keyes Sherwin, engraver (1751–1790)
after John Webber (1752–1793)
A Dance in Otaheite
London: 1784
engraving; plate mark 26.5 x 41 cm
Rex Nan Kivell Collection NK10975/4
Pictorial Collection U1244

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