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Poedua [Poeatua], daughter of Oreo, chief of Ulaietea, one of the Society Isles

John Webber, artist

John Webber's portrait of Poedua, painted from studies made during Cook's third Pacific voyage and now recognised as a major early European portrait of an Indigenous Pacific woman.

Date
1785
Collection
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Reference
2010-0029-1

Plate not recorded
No photograph with documented reuse rights is held for this record.

Record

Origin
United Kingdom

In the Tapestry

Created by
John WebberA
Associated with
Third voyage of James CookA

Provenance and history

  1. 1777

    Poedua posed during Cook's third voyageA

    Webber's original study was made while Poedua and members of her family were detained aboard Discovery during an attempt to recover deserters.

  2. 1785

    Created by John WebberA

Sources

  1. A

    collections.tepapa.govt.nz

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