'... arched Rock, on the Coast of New Zealand; with an Hippa, or place of Retreat...' Size:M: 50 x 40cm Half length in dark robes

Half length in dark robes

View of the Crystal Palace

Interior view of St Paul's Cathedral's choir

Regent Circus

View of the Royal Military Asylum

'... arched Rock, on the Coast of New Zealand; with an Hippa, or place of Retreat...' Size:M: 50 x 40cm Half length in dark robesThe arch at Mercury Bay on the east coast of New Zealand's North Island, with Endeavour at anchor to the right. A fortified Maori settlement is situated on top of the rock. Illustration from A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in His Majesty's ship, The Endeavour, by Sydney Parkinson (London, 1773), which was published posthumously. Original: engraving. 1773