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C1777
Monuments in Easter Island.
Artist:
Rare c.18th engraved view of Easter Island, made during Cook’s visit to the island 8 October 1773 to 16 March 1774, from the official British Admiralty sanctioned edition of the accounts of Cook’s second voyage. Cook noted; ‘Starting out in … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Monuments in Easter Island.
Date:
C1777
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition. With centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Copper engraving.
Image Size:
385mm
x 215mm
Paper Size:
421mm
x 292mm
Platemark Size:
395mm
x 240mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1777
Description:
Rare c.18th engraved view of Easter Island, made during Cook’s visit to the island 8 October 1773 to 16 March 1774, from the official British Admiralty sanctioned edition of the accounts of Cook’s second voyage.
Cook noted; ‘Starting out in the morning from the anchorage at Hangaroa they crossed the isthmus to the eastern side of the island, where overturned perhaps by an Earthquake. One of the standing ones had lost its hat. These pillars stand on a kind of pedestal or stone elevation’ (Foster 468-74)
From Cook, 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: 1381-46, p.268
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: pl.66, p.76
Sabin, J. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from its Discovery to the Present Time. New York. (1936) 1967. 16245.
Collections:
Maritime Museum Greenwich: ID: PAI4104
National Library Australia: Bib ID 90039 /2072924
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.
