- Additional Authors
- Webber, John, 1751-1793.
- Description
- Engraving; image: 23.2 x 18 cm.
- Subjects
- Note
- J. Webber del., J. K. Sherwin sc.
- An engraving after a drawing by John Webber, sketched during Captain James Cook's visit to Tahiti, 1777.
- Young dancer wearing floor-length dress, pompons at breasts, pleated, fan-shaped panels at back, hat decorated with stars.
- Basis for the costume worn by Marie Jeanne in the Tahitian sequence in Eugene Loring's 1937 ballet Yankee Clipper.
- Plate 29 from James Cook: A voyage to the Pacific Ocean. London. 1784, II.
- Call Number
- *MGZFH She J You 1
- OCLC
- NYPY737055978-F
- Author
Sherwin, J. K. (John Keyse), 1751-1790.
- Title
A young woman of Otaheite dancing.
- Imprint
[London, 1784]
- Local Note
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- Connect to:
- Local Subject
Prints (Graphic arts) -- 18th century.
Ethnic dancing.
Dance -- French Polynesia -- Tahiti.
- Added Author
Webber, John, 1751-1793.
- Research Call Number
*MGZFH She J You 1