Joppien and Smith date Hodges's original drawing to c. 1775. There are two earlier charcoal and red chalk sketches of the same sitter, datable to September 1773, in the collection of The Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa (JS 2.68 and 2.69). The present portrait derives from the group of drawings of Tahitians which includes the original drawing by Hodges for the previous sitter. Several of the Tahitians 'became well-known personalities to members of Cook's company. Such were Oedidee (Hiti-Hiti) who travelled on the Resolution with Cook between his first and second visits to the Society Islands, visiting Tonga, New Zealand, Antarctica, Easter Island and the Marquesas before returning to his homeland.' (R. Joppien and B. Smith, The Art of Captain Cook's Voyages, New Haven and London, 1985, II, p. 59)