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Representation of the Death of Capt. Cook.
London: imprint clipped, but S.A. Cumberlege, 1 July, 1781. Engraving, 145 x 180 mm., laid paper, mounted. Early and very important representation of the death of Captain Cook: evidently based on John Webber's original painting, this engraving actually predates the more famous Bartolozzi engraving with which Webber's name is now.....
Price (AUD):
$750.00
Ref: #3003085
The Death of Captain Cook…
London: Sold in Spur Street, Leicester Square, n.d. [but 1784].
The very rare variant issue
Oval engraving, 350 x 265 mm. (image size); mounted. Rare variant of the famous engraving of Cook's death showing, as the caption notes, "Part of the Original Plate after Webber" and presumably quite literally printed.....
Price (AUD):
$7,750.00
Ref: #3603426
Portrait of Capt. James Cook.
London: J.Webber, June 4, 1784.
Proof impression before letters
Stipple engraving, oval 120 x 95 mm, printed in sepia; a proof before letters; mounted. Rare proof impression before letters of John Webber's and Francesco Bartolozzi's fine oval portrait of Captain Cook. This portrait has a very large margin, unusual for.....
Price (AUD):
$5,500.00
Ref: #4504227
![A View of the Town and Harbour of St Peter and St Paul, in Kamtschatka]. COOK: THIRD VOYAGE, John...](/pictures/thumb/3611651.jpg?v=1580795385)
[A View of the Town and Harbour of St Peter and St Paul, in Kamtschatka].
London: circa 1784.
Rare proof impression
Engraving, 253 x 533 mm. to plate mark, paper size 290 x 540 mm.; a little light old creasing at right side; in fine condition. Rare proof impression of one of the most atmospheric views made by Webber to illustrate Cook's third voyage: the.....
Price (AUD):
$4,850.00
Ref: #3611651
Balaguns or Summer Habitations…
London: Boydell, 1808.
Summer habitations in far eastern Russia
Handcoloured aquatint, 330 x 455 mm. Fine view of the island of Cracatoa from Webber's magnificent series of views of the Pacific. This handcoloured aquatint is from the 1808 publication Views of the South Seas, and like other views by John.....
Price (AUD):
$2,850.00
Ref: #4504359
![Das Leben des Malers Johann Weber von Bern. [Published as:] XVII Neujahrstuck, herausgegeben von...](/pictures/thumb/4302366_03.jpg?v=1580795403)
Das Leben des Malers Johann Weber von Bern…
Zurich: n.p., 1821.
Elusive biography of the great Cook voyage artist, with portrait and view
Square octavo, aquatint frontispiece, 13pp. with engraved oval portrait at head of first page; a fine copy in the original printed brown wrappers, preserved in a folding bookform case. Only edition: with the famous engraved.....
Price (AUD):
$5,400.00
Ref: #4302366
Waheiadooa, Chief of Oheitepeha, lying in State
London: Boydell, circa 1819.
Cook's officers described it to him as a Roman Catholic Chapel
Hand-coloured aquatint, 280 x 410 mm., Whatman paper with 1819 watermark; very good. Arresting image of the Tahitian chief Waheiadooa (Vehiatua) lying in state. Cook recorded in August 1777 that his curiosity had taken him.....
Price (AUD):
$3,600.00
Ref: #4504360
![Mort Tragique du Capitaine Cook, le 15. Janvier 1779]. John WEBBER, After](/pictures/thumb/3003088.jpg?v=1434432112)
[Mort Tragique du Capitaine Cook…]…
Paris: chez Isabey, circa 1785.
Early proof of the French version
Engraving, 300 x 220 mm (image size), early proof plate without caption, mounted. A fine early proof copy of the French version of Webber's famous image, before the caption has been added. The general tone is very light; in.....
Price (AUD):
$3,750.00
Ref: #3003088
Mort Tragique du Capitaine Cook, le Janvier 1779.
[Paris]: [chez Isabey], n.d, but circa 1785.
Desirable proof before caption state
Engraving, 300 x 220 mm (image size), "Fessard" and "Webber" present as faint scratch signatures. A further near-final proof of the French version before the complete caption has been added and with names in scratch proof form only.....
Price (AUD):
$2,850.00
Ref: #2602139
Woman of Eaoo.
London: circa 1784. Engraving, 230 x 175 mm., mounted. Portrait of a woman from present day Tonga, originally sketched by Webber on Cook's Third Voyage. Webber completed "a pencil and wash drawing of a young woman with long hair, bare breast and a double necklace composed of pearls or berries".....
Price (AUD):
$250.00
Ref: #1600288
A View in Matavai, Otaheite.
London: J. Webber, No. 312 Oxford Street, 1787.
First aquatint issue of Webber's Tahitian view
Aquatint in sepia tones on laid paper, 290 x 430 mm, full margins, mounted. A very rare and separately issued early form of the View in Matavai, Otaheite prepared by the artists John Webber and.....
Price (AUD):
$5,850.00
Ref: #4208063