File:'View of the Islands of Otaha (Taaha) and Bola Bola (Bora Bora) with Part of the Island of Ulietea (Raiatea)' RMG BHC2376.tiff
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Summary
William Hodges: 'View of the Islands of Otaha [Taaha] and Bola Bola [Bora Bora] with Part of the Island of Ulietea [Raiatea]'
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'View of the Islands of Otaha [Taaha] and Bola Bola [Bora Bora] with Part of the Island of Ulietea [Raiatea]'  |
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| Object type | painting | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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marine art |
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| Description |
English: 'View of the Islands of Otaha [Taaha] and Bola Bola [Bora Bora] with Part of the Island of Ulietea [Raiatea]' 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. |
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| Date | 1773 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions | Painting: 345 x 516 mm; Frame: 450 mm x 612 mm x 78 mm; Frame including cartouche: 500 mm x 612 mm x 105 mm; Weight 5.8kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accession number |
BHC2376 |
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| Notes | Overall size includes cartouche. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| References |
Royal Museums Greenwich artwork ID: 13852 |
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| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/13852 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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| Identifier | MOD number: MOD ID 893 id number: BHC2376 |
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| Collection | Oil paintings | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 16:30, 21 September 2017 |  | 2,466 × 1,979 (13.96 MB) | Fæ | Royal Museums Greenwich Oil paintings (1773), http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/13852 #1156 |
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