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C1777
View in the Island of New Caledonia
Artist:
Cook’s discovered the island group of New Caledonia, on 4 September 1774, and which he named New Caledonia. The Resolution remained in New Caledonia 5 to 13 September, 1774. On the 7th September Cook and his party walked into the … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
View in the Island of New Caledonia
Date:
C1777
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition with folds as issued.
Technique:
Copper engraving hand coloured
Image Size:
410mm
x 270mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1777
Description:
Cook’s discovered the island group of New Caledonia, on 4 September 1774, and which he named New Caledonia. The Resolution remained in New Caledonia 5 to 13 September, 1774. On the 7th September Cook and his party walked into the country. ‘Their houses, or at least most of them, are like Beehives.’ Cook, Journal II, 533-4.
References; Beddie 1381-50, p.269, Joppien 2.140A, ill.p.240
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.
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.
