1784 Cook & Webber Large 1st Edition Antique Portrait of Poulaho King of Tonga Africa Plate size: - 15 1/2in

Plate size: - 15 1/2in x 12in (395mm x 305mm)

Brazil remained a Portuguese colony until 1808

Such is the quality of his re-strikes these prints are now in major institutional collections such a the Louvre

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1784 Cook & Webber Large 1st Edition Antique Portrait of Poulaho King of Tonga Africa Plate size: - 15 1/2inTitle : Poulaho, King of the Friendly Islands. Size: 21in x 15in (535mm x 385mm) Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Date : 1784 Ref #: 82070 Description: This large beautifully engraved original copper plate 1st edition antique portrait of Fatafehi Paulaho, the Tui Tonga or Tongan King, visited by Captain Cook in 1777 by John Webber (Cooks official artist on the voyage) was published for the 1784 1st edition and official British Admiralty sanctioned