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Captain James Cook: Un ours blanc

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Artists

Robert Benard (1734 - 1777); John Webber (1752 - 1793)

Title

Captain James Cook: Un ours blanc

Creation Date

ca. 1784

Century

late 18th century

Dimensions

6 3/8 x 8 7/8 in. (16.19 x 22.54 cm)

Object Type

print

Medium and Support

copper engraving on paper

Credit Line

Gift of Peter W. Davis, Class of 1957

Copyright

Public Domain

Accession Number

2017.14.1

Object Description

Captain James Cook: Un ours blanc

Plate 73 from the first French edition of the Official Account of Cook's Third Voyage. Drawn by John Webber, who accompanied Capt. James Cook on his third voyage to the Pacific in 1776-1780; engraved by Robert Benard, Paris.

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