- Title:
A View of Matavai Bay in the Island of Otaheite [Tahiti]
- Former Title(s):
Tahitian War Galleys in Matavai Bay, Tahiti
Matavai Bay in the Island of Otaheite, Tahiti
Matavai Bay, Tahiti
A view of Matavie Bay in the island of Otahiete [1776, Royal Academy of Arts, London, exhibition catalogue]
- Date:
- 1776
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 36 × 54 inches (91.4 × 137.2 cm), Frame: 42 1/4 × 60 1/4 × 2 1/2 inches (107.3 × 153 × 6.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated, lower left: "Hodges 1776"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.343
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1981.25.343FR
- Subject Terms:
- bay | boats | cliffs | galleys (watercraft) | hills | landscape | mountains | ocean | regalia | sail | sea | Tahitian
- Associated Places:
- French Polynesia | Matavai Bay | Tahiti
- Access:
- Not on view
Note: To make an appointment to see this work, please contact the Paintings and Sculpture department at ycba.paintings@yale.edu. Please visit the Paintings and Sculpture collections page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:834
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