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C1777
View in the Island of Tanna.
Artist:
William Hodges (1744 - 1797)
Rare engraving of Cook at Tana between 6 – 20 August 1774, with a party going inland to the island on 10 August. ‘This day Mr. Wales, and two of three of the officers, advanced a little, for the first … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
View in the Island of Tanna.
Date:
C1777
Artist:
William Hodges (1744 - 1797)
Condition:
In good condition, with centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Copper engraving.
Image Size:
375mm
x 215mm
Paper Size:
420mm
x 285mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1777
Description:
Rare engraving of Cook at Tana between 6 – 20 August 1774, with a party going inland to the island on 10 August.
‘This day Mr. Wales, and two of three of the officers, advanced a little, for the first time, into the island. They met with a small straggling village, the inhabitants of which treated them with great civility’. Cooks Journal II, p.60-61.
References; Beddie 1381-29, p.267. Joppien 2.132A, ill.p.232
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.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID 2879753
Artist:
William Hodges (1744-1797)
William Hodges was born in London, the only son of Ann and Charles Hodges, a blacksmith of St. James’ 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, returning on 29 July 1775.
