C1777

Afia-Too-Ca, a Burying Place in the Isle…

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Rare engraving from the official British Admiralty sanctioned edition of the accounts of Cook’s second voyage published 1777. View of a burial place on Tongatabu. Cook visited the islands 2 – 8 October 1773 and then again 26 – 29 … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Afia-Too-Ca, a Burying Place in the Isle of Amsterdam.

Date:

C1777

Artist:

William Hodges (1744 - 1797)

Condition:

In good condition, with centre fold as issued.

Technique:

Copper engraving.

Image Size:

470mm

x 235mm

Paper Size:

420mm

x 293mm

Genuine antique
dated:

1777

Description:

Rare engraving from the official British Admiralty sanctioned edition of the accounts of Cook’s second voyage published 1777.

View of a burial place on Tongatabu. Cook visited the islands 2 – 8 October 1773 and then again 26 – 29 June 1774.

From Cook’s, A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World, performed in His Majesty’s Ships the ‘Resolution’ and ‘Adventure’, In the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775.

References:
Beddie, M. Bibliography of Captain James Cook, RN,FRS, Circumnavigator. Sydney 1970: 1381-28, p.267
Hill, J. The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages. San Diego 1974: 358.
Joppien, R. & Smith, B. The Art of Captain Cook’s Voyages; Vol. I, II & III. Melbourne 1985-1987: 2.89B, ill.p.192
Sabin, J. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from its Discovery to the Present Time. New York. (1936) 1967: 16245.

Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 90039
State Library New South Wales: RECORD IDENTIFIER 74VvMokVOlGA / 74VvMoxg6JJX

William Hodges (1744 - 1797)

William Hodges was born in London, the only son of Ann and Charles Hodges, a blacksmith of St. James's Market London. They encouraged their son's talent for drawing and placed him in William Shipley's drawing school at Castle Court in the Strand. Joining Richard Wilson as an apprentice in 1758, he was required to assist his master 'in dead colouring and the forwarding of pictures'. A short period of study under Wilson and Cipriani at the Duke of Richmond's Gallery developed his style for classical composition. He was appointed artist on the Resolution and left Plymouth on 13 July 1772 and returned on 29 July 1775.

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