John Webber - A Night Dance by Men, in Hapaee - Engraving (18th Century)

A Night Dance by Men, in Hapaee" presents an eighteenth-century ethnographic study illustrating a ceremonial nocturnal performance conducted by rows of adorned male dancers within a tropical forest clearing in the Friendly Islands. The engraved composition captures the rhythmic assembly performing under the night sky before a seated audience and standing European onlookers, documented during Captain James Cook's third Pacific voyage. 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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