Webber (1771) Sold at Auction Prices

WEBBER, JOHN.

Boxing Match Before Capt. Cook at Owhyhee (Hawaii) Sandwich Islands, Thursday, January 28th, 1770 (sic). London: Francis Edwards, [1919]. Photogravure print, printed in sepia, 19 3/4 by 30 1/2 inches (plate size), matted and framed to 33 by 43 inches. First edition, limited edition, one of 150 copies. Finely produced photogravure of Webber's pen and wash drawing held by the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu. The drawing had not been previously published. The date in the caption has been corrected to "1779." Joppien and Smith, The Art of Captain Cook's Voyages, p 532. See illustration.