John Webber - A Boxing Match in Hapaee - Engraving (18th Century)

A Boxing Match in Hapaee" presents an eighteenth-century ethnographic study illustrating a traditional pugilistic contest between two Polynesian fighters before an assembly of seated spectators in the Friendly Islands. The engraved composition captures the athletic confrontation beneath tropical palm trees amidst an engaged audience documented during Captain James Cook's third Pacific expedition. John Webber was an English landscape artist and draughtsman celebrated for serving as the official artist on Captain Cook's final expedition, producing invaluable visual records of Pacific peoples, landscapes, and cultures. Artist or Maker: John Webber. Dimensions: Approximately 55 cm x 41 cm. Medium: Engraving. Date: 18th Century.

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