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The first known portrait of James Cook was painted by William Hodges in 1775, the year in which he returned from his second voyage to the Pacific.
James Cook - Wikipedia. Captain James Cook FRS (7 November [ O.S. 27 October] 1728 – 14 February 1779) was a British explorer, cartographer and naval officer famous for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to New Zealand and Australia in particular.
Inspired by nature and the world around him, James Cook’s canvases are powerful evocations of nature’s majesty. Cook’s artwork has been described as monumental, but the essence of a Cook painting is contained in a singular brush stroke, line, and marks he orchestrates on canvas.
Captain James Cook RN, seventeen eighty two, John Webber. This painting, oil on canvas, of Captain James Cook, is presented in an ornate gilt frame, with the carved leaf pattern. Cook is depicted from upper thigh to the crown of his head. He poses out of doors.
Artist: John Webber. John Webber was born in London, the son of a Swiss sculptor. He was schooled in Berne and Paris before returning to London in 1775 for further study at the...
Long before photography, in the 1700s when Captain James Cook was chartering the open seas, the images of record were the responsibility of such artists as John Webber who, whilst a member of Cook’s crew over many voyages, created paintings and drawings of the situations and people the explorers encountered.
Jul 12, 2021 · Johann Zoffany (1733–1810) National Maritime Museum. Even in death, Cook dominates the painting: the Hawaiians are presented as scowling, vicious and bloodthirsty. It is a painting of an event that did much to negatively form early European perceptions of Pacific Islanders.
