File:'View from Point Venus, Island of Otaheite (Tahiti)' RMG BHC1938.tiff
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William Hodges: 'View from Point Venus, Island of Otaheite [Tahiti]' | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Genre | marine art | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: 'View from Point Venus, Island of Otaheite [Tahiti]' Hodges' paintings of the Pacific are vivid records of British exploration. He was appointed by the Admiralty to record the places discovered on Cook's second voyage, undertaken in the 'Resolution' and 'Adventure', 1772-75. This was primarily in the form of drawings, with some oil sketches, many later converted to engravings in the official voyage account. He also completed large oil paintings for exhibition in London on his return, which exercised lasting influence on European ideas of the Pacific. The National Maritime Museum holds 26 oils relating to the voyage of which 24 were either painted for or acquired by the Admiralty. Cook's main purpose on this expedition was to locate, if possible, the much talked-of but unknown Southern Continent and further expand knowledge of the central Pacific islands, in which Hodges' records of coastal profiles were in part important for navigational reasons. The impact of this work on Hodges' painting is evident in his small oil studies of the islands and coastlines. Point Venus in Tahiti was the site where Cook and astronomer Charles Green had observed the transit of Venus in 1769. This view shows Matavai Bay, one of the two main harbours used on the second voyage, and the most beautiful. It appears in a number of Hodges' works, completed both during and after the voyage, which created an enduring sense of the island paradise in the European imagination. This study was probably completed back in London, to be engraved for the published voyage account, as Hodges captures careful ehtnographic details of crafts and people as well as a sense of atmosphere. The enduring effect which the Pacific had on Hodges is evident from the ease with which he creates the sense of warm light and still water that he had captured in studies known to have been made on the voyage. |
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Date | Late 1770s | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions | Painting: 240 mm x 470 mm; Frame: 346 mm x 572 mm x 73 mm; Weight: 3.8 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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institution QS:P195,Q7374509 |
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BHC1938 |
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Notes | This item will need to be checked for object numbers and its condition activity updated | |||||||||||||||||||||||
References | Royal Museums Greenwich artwork ID: 13416 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/13416 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Identifier InfoField | MOD number: MOD ID 408 id number: BHC1938 |
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Collection InfoField | Oil paintings |
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