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C1777
Ornaments and Weapons at the Marquesas, thus marked.
Artist:
Rare c.18th engraving of artefacts from the Marquesas (Christina Island), from the official British Admiralty sanctioned edition of the accounts of Cook’s second voyage. Cook visited the Marquesas 8 – 12 April 1774. Resolution Bay is now called Vaitahu Bay. … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Ornaments and Weapons at the Marquesas, thus marked.
Date:
C1777
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition with folds as issued.
Technique:
Copper engraving.
Image Size:
180mm
x 220mm
Paper Size:
226mm
x 290mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1777
Description:
Rare c.18th engraving of artefacts from the Marquesas (Christina Island), from the official British Admiralty sanctioned edition of the accounts of Cook’s second voyage.
Cook visited the Marquesas 8 – 12 April 1774. Resolution Bay is now called Vaitahu Bay.
The first Europeans to reach the Marquesas may have been the crew members aboard the San Lesmes, a Spanish vessel that disappeared in a storm in June 1526; it was part of an expedition headed by GarcÃa Jofre de Loaisa. The Spanish explorer Alvaro de Mendana reached them nearly 70 years later, on 21 July 1595.
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: 1381-17, p.266
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: 2.105C, ill.p.207
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.
