Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Webber, 1752–1793, British
Title:
A Man of the Sandwich Islands
Date:
ca. 1784
Materials & Techniques:
Monotype on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 × 7 3/8 inches (22.9 × 18.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso at center, "A Man of the Sandwich Islands"; and below, "With his Helmet--"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1989.4
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
helmet | portrait | man
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
The Romantic Print in the Age of Revolutions: Hero, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-01-23 - 2003-06-01)

Wilde Americk - Discovery and Exploration of the New World, 1500-1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-09-27 - 2001-09-27)
Publications:
Philippe Despoix, Patagons et Polynesiens, Etudes Litteraires, vol. 37, no. 3, 2006, p. 72, fig. 5, Hf3 Et814 (SML)

Philippe Despoix, Patagons et Polynesiens, Etudes Litteraires, vol. 37, no. 3, 2006, p. 72, fig. 5, NJ18 Or35 L57 1897 + (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:2950