"Vue du Karakakooa, Owhyhee" (1785)
ClassificationsArt
Credit LineHoel de Thou Paris, Original ink/wash painting on which the engraving is based was done by John Webber.
Object numberART.89
DescriptionWestern man's first image of a surfer, seen paddling out to a ship in lower left area, taken from a drawing by John Webber, Captain James Cook's artist on his 3d voyage.Further research published in 2008 shows that there is a second surfboard in this engraving. The man standing on the beach in the lower right has a surfboard at his feet on the sand (its not his shadow). This is based on a careful review of the original ink/wash painting by John Webber from which the engraving was based.
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