Waheiadooa. Chief of Oheitepha lying in State.
Vide Cook's Last Voy. Vol. II Ch. I page 17.
London, J. Webber, No. 312 Oxford Street, July 1st, 1789.
Joppien and Smith quote an account by Cook, in which he records that some of the gentlemen of his party came across the fare Tupapa'u where the body of the chief was lying in state on their walks and mistook it for a chapel.
Soft ground etching, with hand-colouring, 405 x 318mm (trimmed to plate mark), mounted.
Beddie, 1871.
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