Tu, ruler of Te Porionuu, Tahiti, encountered by Captain Cook on his second voyage. Engraving by J. Hall, 1777, after W. Hodges.

  • Hodges, William, 1744-1797.
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Feb.y 1st 1777
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Tu, ruler of Te Porionuu, Tahiti, encountered by Captain Cook on his second voyage. Engraving by J. Hall, 1777, after W. Hodges. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Described by George Forster as an exceptionally tall and strong man 6 feet 3 inches tall, with a majestic and intelligent air (Joppien & Smith, loc. cit.)

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London (in New Street Shoe Lane) : Wm. Strahan ; [London] (in the Strand) : Thos. Cadell, Feb.y 1st 1777.

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1 print : engraving ; image 22.4 x 18.1 cm

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Otoo king of O-Taheite. Drawn from nature by W. Hodges. Engrav'd by J. Hall. Bears number: XXXVIII

References note

Rüdiger Joppien and Bernard Smith, The art of Captain Cook's voyages, vol. 2: The voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775, New Haven and London 1985, p. 168, no. 2.54A

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Wellcome Collection 566154i

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