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Dramatic Interlude & Dance given by the Indians of Ulietea performed by two Women & Six Men with three Drums.

  • ARTIST: Paul Revere

  • PUBLISHER: Published by John Rivington, New York.

  • MEDIUM: Copperplate engraving,

    DATE: 1774.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image size 4 1/2 x 6 5/8" (11.3 x 16.8 cm)

  • DESCRIPTION: Revere engraved this plate for John Rivington in 1774 for inclusion as a frontispiece in the first American edition of Cooks Voyages.<br><br> A new voyage, round the world, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, and 1771; undertaken by order of his present Majesty, performed by, Captain James Cook.<br><br> The image shows Tahitian natives dancing. Revere copied this from a plate in The town and country magazine, June 1773, vol. 5, p. 313 which was, in turn, copied from John Hawkesworth, Account of the voyages ... by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret, and Captain Cook, London 1773,

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