A color print of soldiers and villagers standing on a small snowy hill overlooking the sea and two ships in the distance.

Arrival of the Discovery and Resolution

Johannes Eckstein (1736?-1817)

Date

ca. 1790
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Aquatint and etching with applied watercolor
Contributors

Aquatint by Joseph Constantine Stadler
Dimensions

Image: 16 3/16 x 23 5/8 in.
Sheet: 20 9/16 x 27 1/16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l.: Designed & etched by J. Eckstein.
l.c.: TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY OF GREAT BRITAIN. \ This PLATE, representing the arrival of the DISCOVERY and RESOLUTION, under CAPTAINS CLERKE and GORE, AT ST. PETER and ST. PAUL, \ in KAMSCHATKA, the 29th of April 1779; is respectfully dedicated by their most obliged and humble Serv[t]. \ de la Garde. \ Vide Capt[n]. Cook's third Voyage.
l.r.: Aqua Tinta by J.C. Stadler.
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

1972.99.1
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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