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| Keywords: William Hodges, View of part of Owharre (Fare) Harbour, Island of Huahine, 1774.jpg en View of part of Owharre Fare Harbour Island of Huahine Hodges's paintings of the Pacific celebrate 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 many later converted to engravings in the official account of the voyage He also did some oil paintings on the voyage but most especially the larger ones were painted in London on his return 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 This canvas along with BHC2419 was painted on the spot during Cook �s second voyage Such paintings show the influence of the shipboard practice of taking coastal profiles a technique in which officers were routinely trained teaching it was one of Hodges � tasks on the ship However these are strikingly unconventional departures from the artistic tradition of landscape painting Above all they show a western artist �s attempts to come to terms for the first time with the effects of light in the southern hemisphere http //collections rmg co uk/collections/objects/13893 html 1774 creator William Hodges PD-Art-100 Paintings by William Hodges 1774 paintings French Polynesia in art History of French Polynesia Huahine Paintings in the National Maritime Museum London Islands in art Paintings of ports and harbours Template artwork possible | ||||
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