Captain Samuel Wallis being received by Queen Oberea on the Island of Tahiti Size:M: 60 x 45cm including spearheads in a cabinet

including spearheads in a cabinet

5th July 1963

The accompanying text states that 'This is not rare

'King Arthur asks the Lady of the Lake for the sword Excalibur'

Plate 19 from the paper 'Additions to an account of the anatomy of the Squalus maximus

Captain Samuel Wallis being received by Queen Oberea on the Island of Tahiti Size:M: 60 x 45cm including spearheads in a cabinetCaptain Samuel Wallis being received by Queen Oberea on the Island of Tahiti, 1767 (19th century). Scene from Samuel Wallis's voyage of circumnavigation in HMS 'Dolphin', undertaken from 1766 1768. Wallis is believed to have been the first European to visit Tahiti, which he sighted on 18th June 1767.