Description: This historic and original engraving is from Captain James Cook and George William Anderson's "A New , Authentic , and Complete Account of Voyages Round the World, Undertaken and Performed by Royal Authority..." - see scan of cover page, not included. The work was published in London by Alexander Hogg between 1784 and 1786 The engraving entitled "The Landing of Captn. Cook &c at Mallicolo, one of the New Hebrides" is based on the drawing made by William Hodges, the official crew artist, when Cook visited the island in August, 1774 on his Second Voyage around the world. Malekula is one of the Vanuatu archipelago Good condition printed on hand-laid paper - minor tears to the edges and an inked number to top margin - see scans. Page size 15.5 x 10 inches. See an interesting variety of engravings from this publication in Seller's Other Items offered at a small fraction of similar listings and which can be combined for mailing William Hodges13 languagesArticleTalkReadEditView historyToolsFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaFor other people named William Hodges, see William Hodges (disambiguation).This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations.Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (March 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)William Hodges, portrait by George Dance the YoungerHodges' painting of HMS Resolutionand HMS Adventure in Matavai Bay, TahitiWilliam Hodges RA (28 October 1744 – 6 March 1797) was an English painter.[1] He was a member of James Cook's second voyage to the Pacific Ocean and is best known for the sketches and paintings of locations he visited on that voyage, including Table Bay, Tahiti, Easter Island, New Zealand, Dusky Sound and the Antarctic.BiographyHodges was born on 28 October 1744 in London. He studied under William Shipley and afterwards in the studio of Richard Wilson, where he met Thomas Jones.During his early career, he made a living by painting theatrical scenery.Between 1772 and 1775 Hodges accompanied James Cook to the Pacific as the expedition's artist. Some of his expedition paintings have a marked resemblance in terms of epic scope and sweep of the Hudson River School of Art. Many of his sketches and wash paintings were adapted as engravings in the original published edition of Cook's journals from the voyage.Most of the large-scale landscape oil paintings from his Pacific travels for which Hodges is best known were finished after his return to London; he received a salary from the Admiralty for the purposes of completing them. These paintings depicted a stronger light and shadow than had been usual in European landscape tradition. Contemporary art critics complained that his use of light and colour contrasts gave his paintings a rough and unfinished appearance.Man of Easter Island, 1776 (British Museum)Hodges also produced many valuable portrait sketches of Pacific islanders and scenes from the voyage involving members of the expedition.In 1778, under the patronage of Warren Hastings, Hodges travelled to India, one of the first British professional landscape painters to visit that country. He remained there for six years, staying in Lucknow with Claude Martin in 1783.[2] His painting of "Futtypoor Sicri" is in Sir John Soane's Museum. In 1794 Hodges published an illustrated book about his travels in India.[3]Later Hodges travelled across Europe, including a visit to St. Petersburg in Russia in 1790.A View of Cape Stephens in Cook's Straits New Zealand with Waterspout, 1776In December 1794 Hodges opened an exhibition of twenty-five of his own works at Orme's Gallery, 14 Old Bond Street, London that included two large paintings called The Effects of Peace and The Effects of War. In late January 1795, with Britain engaged in the War of the First Coalitionagainst Revolutionary France and feelings running high, the exhibition was visited by Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, the second son of King George III. The Duke took offence at the political nature of Hodges' paintings and ordered the exhibition closed; this royal censure effectively ended Hodges' career as a painter. Many of his works were then sold by auction but produced only an inconsiderable sum.Hodges retired to Devon and became involved with a bank, which failed during the banking crisis of March 1797. On 6 March of that year, he died from what was officially recorded as "gout in the stomach", but which was also rumoured to be suicide from an overdose of laudanum.Hodges Knoll in Antarctica is named after William Hodges.
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Type: Engraving
Year of Production: 1784-1786
Theme: Maritime
Material: Paper
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Production Technique: Copper Engraving
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