Webber John 1752 (13 results)

Etched and engraved by T. Cook after a drawing by Webber. Image size: 10 1/4 x 7 inches. John Webber, R.A. was born in London of Swiss parents. He was the draughtsman on Captain Cook's third and final voyage to the South Seas. In this intriguing portrait, Webber depicted the strange ritual masks the natives wore, which Cook described thus: "It is a kind of mask, made of a large gourd with holes cut in it for eyes and nose. The top was stuck full of small green twigs that, at a distance, had the appearance of an elegant waving plume, and from the lower part hung narrow strips of cloth resembling a beard." (Cooks' Journal - March 1779) Webber was the official artist on Cook's historic and final Pacific voyage. The drawings were the source for the engravings that illustrated Cook's "A Voyage to the Pacific", which was published in 1784.

Etched and engraved by C. Grignion after a drawing by Webber. Image size: 10 1/4 x 7 inches. Sheet size: 22 x 15 1/2 inches. In this attractive portrait, a young, muscular man dances what was then a sacred dance called Hula. In his right hand he holds a feather covered gourd. Virtually nude, he wears only a bark cloth "malo" or loin cloth, a coral necklace and dogtooth leggings. His body is tattooed in rhythmic patterns that flow down his arms and legs. "Cook's third voyage was organized to seek the Northwest Passage and to return [the islander] Omai to Tahiti. Officers of the crew included William Bligh, James Burney, James Colnett, and George Vancouver. John Webber was appointed artist to the expedition. After calling at Kerguelen Island, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Cook, Tonga, and Society Islands, the expedition sailed north and discovered Christmas Island and the Hawaiian Islands, which Cook named the Sandwich Islands. Cook charted the American west coast from Northern California through the Bering Strait as far north as latitude 70 degrees 44 minutes before he was stopped by pack ice. He returned to Hawaii for the winter and was killed in an unhappy skirmish with the natives. Charles Clarke took command and after he died six months later, the ships returned to England under John Gore. Despite hostilities with the United States and France, the scientific nature of this expedition caused the various governments to exempt these vessels from capture. The voyage resulted in what Cook judged his most valuable discovery - the Hawaiian Islands" (Hill). John Webber, R.A., born in London of Swiss parents was the official artist on Cook's historic and final Pacific voyage. The drawings were the source for the engravings that illustrated Cook's "A Voyage to the Pacific", which was published in 1784.

Technic: Copper print, colorit: original colored, condition: Minor stains, size (in cm): 22 x 35,5 cm, View showing a family in Dusky Sound, New Zealand. Engraved by Benard.

Technic: Copper print, colorit: colored, condition: Tear on upper margin perfectly restored, size (in cm): 23 x 36,5 cm, A gift offering from the Hawaiian people to Capitain Cook.

Technic: Copper print, colorit: original colored, condition: Perfect condition, size (in cm): 22 x 46 cm, View showing the landing of James Cook on Middleburg Island on 2 October 1773, where they were warmly welcomed with gifts. Middleburg (today 'Eua) belongs to the Friendship Islands (Kingdom of Tonga) and is located near Tongatapu.

Technic: Steel engraving, colorit: original colored, condition: Stains outer margins, size (in cm): 25 x 18 cm, View showing a boxing match on Lifuka Island (Tonga Archipelago). Engraver I. Tylor, published Scatcherd and Whitaker.

Technic: Copper print, colorit: colored, condition: Stain upper margin, size (in cm): 23 x 34,5 cm, View shows the island of Nomuka on Captain James Cook's voyage to the Pacific from 1776 to 1780. This belongs to the Kingdom of Tonja, French Polynesia. From Baldwyn's New System of Universal Geography.

Technic: Copper print, colorit: colored, condition: Very good, size (in cm): 23 x 46,5 cm, View showing Captain James Cook displaying a village near Waimea, Kauai, in the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii). The scene was sketched by John Webber, a talented young artist who accompanied Captain James Cook on his third voyage in the Pacific from 1776 to 1780.

Technic: Copper print, colorit: original colored, condition: Perfect condition, size (in cm): 23 x 36 cm, View of the Hippah or fortified village, on the south-west point of Motuara in Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand. Drawn by John Webber, during Captain Cook's 3rd voyage, 1777-1779. Engraved by Benard.

Technic: Copper print- Aquatinta, colorit: original colored, condition: Tear on upper right margin perfectly restored, size (in cm): 27 x 40 cm, View of the island of Nomuka (Annamooka) it belongs to the Kingdom of Tonga.

Etched and engraved by B. T. Pouncy after a drawing by Webber. Image size: 9 1/8 x 14 3/4 inches. John Webber, R.A. was born in London of Swiss parents. He was the draughtsman on Captain Cook's third and final voyage to the South Seas. In this scene, the King of Hawaii is shown with his entourage on his way to greet Captain Cook. On one of the three large catamaran-style canoes are three large carved idols with frightening faces. Webber was the official artist on Cook's historic and final Pacific voyage. The drawings were the source for the engravings that illustrated Cook's "A Voyage to the Pacific", which was published in 1784.

Oval stipple-engraved portraits, by Bartolozzi after Webber. Image sizes approx. 5 x 4 inches, sheet sizes approx. 8 3/4 x 6 5/8 inches. Trimmed to or just within the platemark. Rare separately issued portraits of Cook and King after third voyage expedition artist John Webber. The original portrait of Cook was painted by Webber in 1776 and has been in the National Portrait Gallery in London since 1858. Webber had collaborated with Bartolozzi earlier in 1784 to execute his famous depiction of the death of Cook and here published this pair of portraits. These portraits are the only ones engraved by Bartolozzi, the most accomplished stipple-engraver of the period, and the portrait of King is the only separately issued depiction of the surviving commander of the third voyage. Beddie 3600 and 4515; Joppien & Smith 3.451 and 3.456.

Papeete, Tahiti : Mrs. Sophia Hoare, [between 1880 and 1889]. Albumen print photograph of a copperplate engraving, 110 x 207 mm; unmounted; verso with the wet stamp of 'Mrs. S. Hoare, Photographer, Papeete, Tahiti'; in good condition with an expected amount of very light creasing. Sacrifice humain qui eut lieu dans un des marais de O-Taiti, after a drawing by John Webber,was engraved by Robert Bernard and first published in the 1778 French edition of the official account of Cook's second voyage.The original drawing was made by Webber in 1773 during Cook's second voyage. The photograph of Bernard's 1778 engraving was taken by Papeete photographer Mrs. Sophia Hoare, who sold examples of such images in loose albumen print format as souvenirs to European tourists throughout the 1880s. Provenance:James Lyle Young (1849-1929), Papeete merchant and Pacific Islands trader; by descent (Melbourne, Australia).