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C1777
Potatow.
Artist:
Rare c.18th engraving of Potatow from the official British Admiralty sanctioned edition of the accounts of Cook’s second voyage. ‘Potatow was one of the tallest men we had seen upon the island (Tahiti), and his features were so mild, comely, … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Potatow.
Date:
C1777
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition
Technique:
Copper engraving.
Image Size:
195mm
x 240mm
Paper Size:
221mm
x 286mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1777
Description:
Rare c.18th engraving of Potatow from the official British Admiralty sanctioned edition of the accounts of Cook’s second voyage.
‘Potatow was one of the tallest men we had seen upon the island (Tahiti), and his features were so mild, comely, and at the same time majestic, that Mr.Hodges immediately applied himself to copy from them, as from the noblest models of nature. His whole body was remarkably strong and heavily built, so
From Cook, J., 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. London
References:
Beddie, M. Bibliography of Captain James Cook, RN,FRS, Circumnavigator. Sydney 1970: 1381-44, p.268
Hill, J. The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages. San Diego 1974 : 358.
Sabin, J. A Dictionary of Books Relating to America, from its Discovery to the Present Time. New York. (1936) 1967 : 16245.
Joppien, R & Smith, B. The art of Captain Cook’s Three Voyages, Vol. II Melbourne 1987: 2.55A, ill. p. 169
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 90039
National Library New Zealand: NLNZ ALMA 997580383502836
State Library New South Wales: RECORD IDENTIFIER 74VvMokVOlGA / 74VvMoxg6JJX
Yale University Library & Art Gallery: G420 C66 1777
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.
