W. W. E. ; not to be mixed up with the London engraver -> William Ellis (1747-1810) ;
1756 c.
1785
Oostende, West Vlaanderen
trained as physician
United Kingdom
James Cook's third voyage (1776-80) through the South Sea (115 drawings); Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820)
James Cook
naturalist & draughtsman -> John Webber
pencil drawing, watercolour & painting, botanical and zoological, esp. ornithological
http://piclib.nhm.ac.uk/results.asp?image=006126 etc. searchable site; http://beta.natlib.govt.nz/items?utf8=%E2%9C%93&text=Ellis%2C+William+%2B1785
British Museum of Natural History. www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/art-nature-imaging/collections/endeavour-botanical/indexadv.dsml
AKL33 2002:339; PJPWhitehead: Forster collection of zoological drawings, Bulletin Brit.Mus.Nat.History 6,2(1978):25-47; A.L.Kaeppler: James Cook & Entdeckung der Südsee, 2009: 117, 161, 189f., 210, 240, 286, . Nissen: Zoolog. Buchillustration 1969/78
Cook exped. 1776-80: 2nd physician on HMS Discovery; artist on HMS Revolution 1779; http://beta.natlib.govt.nz/items?i[century]=1700&i[collection]=Ellis%2C+William+Webb%2C+d+1785
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