A View of the Habitations in Nootka Sound

This engraving is after a drawing by John Webber from John Hawkesworth's account (1773) of the voyages of Captain James Cook, Joseph Banks and Captain John Byron.

Captain James Cook (1728-1779) made three separate voyages to the Pacific (with the ships Endeavour, Resolution, Adventure, and Discovery) and did more than any other voyager to explore the Pacific and Southern Ocean. Cook not only encountered Pacific cultures for the first time, but also assembled the first large-scale collections of Pacific objects to be brought back to Europe. He was killed in Hawaii in 1779.

John Webber was the artist on Cook’s third voyage from 1776-1780.

Cook's traveled to Nootka Sound (King George's Sound), Vancouver Island, on the north-west coast of America between March 29-April 26th, 1778.

Some of Webber's drawings can be dated precisely to 22 April. when he accompanied Cook to the village of Yuquot, where 'every thing that was curious both within and without doors' was drawn. Both this engraving and 'Habitations in Nootka Sound' have become popular images of the voyage. Webber kept to to the topographical features of the scene very well. Only a few subtle changes were made, such as the gradation of the houses on the left, and the heightening of the embankment, by which the houses are separated from the figures on the beach and gain a more towering position. These changes, minimal but decisive, bring the picture to life.

Loosely bound in album with PAI3893-PAI3913, PAI3915-PAI3936.; Plate No.41.

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ID:	PAI3914
Type:	Print
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Smith, S.; Webber, John
Places:	Unlinked place
Date made:	1778
People:	Indians, Nootka
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Plate: 254 x 400 mm; Sheet: 390 x 535 mm
Parts:	Illustrations of Cooks Voyages (Album) Chart of the English Channel, showing Cornwall and Brittany (Drawing) (PAI3893) A Man of Van Diemen's Land (Print) (PAI3894) A Woman of Van Diemen's Land (with a child) (Print) (PAI3895) A Opossum of Van Diemen's Land (Print) (PAI3896) The Inside of a Hippah, in New Zealand (Print) (PAI3897) A Man of Mangea (Print) (PAI3898) The Reception of Captain Cook, in Hapaee (Print) (PAI3899) A Boxing Match, in Hapaee (Print) (PAI3900) Poulaho, King of the Friendly Islands (Print) (PAI3901) Poulaho, King of the Friendly Islands, drinking Kava (Print) (PAI3902) A Fiatooka, or Morai, in Tongataboo (Print) (PAI3903) The Natche, a Ceremony in Harbour of the King's Son, in Tongataboo (Print) (PAI3904) A Woman of Eaoo (Print) (PAI3905) The Body of Tee, a Chief, as preserved after Death, in Otaheite (Print) (PAI3906) A Dance in Otaheite (Print) (PAI3907) A Young Woman of Otaheite, Dancing (Print) (PAI3908) A Morai, in Atooi (Print) (PAI3909) The Inside of the House, in the Morai, in Atooi (Print) (PAI3910) A Man of Nootka Sound (Print) (PAI3911) A Woman of Nootka Sound (Print) (PAI3912) Various Articles, at Nootka Sound (Print) (PAI3913) A View of the Habitations in Nootka Sound (Print) (PAI3914) The Inside of a House in Nootka Sound (Print) (PAI3915) A Sea Otter (Print) (PAI3916) A View of Snug Corner Cove, in Prince William's Sound (Print) (PAI3917) A Man of Prince William's Sound (Eskimo) (Print) (PAI3918) A Woman of Prince William's Sound (Eskimo) (Print) (PAI3919) A Man of Oonalashka (Eskimo) (Print) (PAI3920) A Woman of Oonalaska (Eskimo) (Print) (PAI3921) Canoes of Oonalashka (in Alaska) (Print) (PAI3922) The Tschuktschi, and their Habitations (Print) (PAI3923) Inhabitations of Norton Sound, and their Habitations (Print) (PAI3924) Caps of Natives of Oonalashka (Print) (PAI3925) Natives of Oonalashka, and their Habitations (Print) (PAI3926) The Inside of a House, in Oonalashka (Print) (PAI3927) A Man of the Sandwich Islands, dancing (Print) (PAI3928) A Man of the Sandwich Islands, in a Mask (Print) (PAI3929) A Man of Kamtschatka, travelling in Winter (Print) (PAI3930) A Sledge of Kamtschatka (Print) (PAI3931) A View of Bolcheretzkoi, in Kamtschatka (Print) (PAI3932) A Man of Kamtschatka (Print) (PAI3933) A Woman of Kamtschatka (Print) (PAI3934) Summer and Winter Habitations, in Kamtschatka (Print) (PAI3935) The Inside of a Winter Habitation, in Kamtschatka (Print) (PAI3936)

A View of the Habitations in Nootka Sound

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