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1752 London, England - 1793 London, England. Known for: Cook Voyage sketches 1778, expedition artist.
John Webber was an expedition artist noted for his images of early Alaska and Hawaii, which he created while serving as official artist on Captain James Cook's exploration of the Northwest and the... Read full biography
John Webber was an expedition artist noted for his images of early Alaska and Hawaii, which he created while serving as official artist on Captain James Cook's exploration of the Northwest and the Pacific. On this voyage where Cook lost his life in a fight in Hawaii, Webber became the first... Read full biography
John Webber was an expedition artist noted for his images of early Alaska and Hawaii, which he created while serving as official artist on Captain James Cook's exploration of the Northwest and the Pacific. On this voyage where Cook lost his life in a fight in Hawaii, Webber became the first European artist to make contact with Hawaii, then called the Sandwich Islands. He did numerous watercolor landscape sketches of Kauai and the Big Island of Hawaii and also showed many of the Hawaiian people... Read full biography
John Webber was an expedition artist noted for his images of early Alaska and Hawaii, which he created while serving as official artist on Captain James Cook's exploration of the Northwest and the Pacific. On this voyage where Cook lost his life in a fight in Hawaii, Webber became the first European artist to make contact with Hawaii, then called the Sandwich Islands. He did numerous watercolor landscape sketches of Kauai and the Big Island of Hawaii and also showed many of the Hawaiian people and their activities. Born in London to an emigrant Swiss sculptor, Webber was sent to study art from 1767-1770 under J.L. Aberli in Bern, Switzerland. After further training in Paris, he returned to London, where one of his paintings in the annual... Read full biography
John Webber was an expedition artist noted for his images of early Alaska and Hawaii, which he created while serving as official artist on Captain James Cook's exploration of the Northwest and the Pacific. On this voyage where Cook lost his life in a fight in Hawaii, Webber became the first European artist to make contact with Hawaii, then called the Sandwich Islands. He did numerous watercolor landscape sketches of Kauai and the Big Island of Hawaii and also showed many of the Hawaiian people and their activities. Born in London to an emigrant Swiss sculptor, Webber was sent to study art from 1767-1770 under J.L. Aberli in Bern, Switzerland. After further training in Paris, he returned to London, where one of his paintings in the annual exhibition of the Royal Academy impressed the Swedish botanist Daniel Solander. Solander had accompanied Cook on the captain's two previo... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneePortrait of Captain James Cook, R.N., small half length, in captain's full-dress uniform
John Webber Auction: 10/29/2019Lot: 12Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeA SETTLEMENT ON THE SHORE OF THE ISLAND OF PULO CONDORE, SOUTH SEAS
John Webber Auction: 06/30/2005Lot: 276Subscribe or get free alerts
![A Toopapao [tupapau] of a chief, with a priest making an offering to the Morai [Huaheine (Fare), Tahiti]](/photos4/2018/COL20181214_114447/23_1.jpg?w=3840&q=100)
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeA Toopapao [tupapau] of a chief, with a priest making an offering to the Morai [Huaheine (Fare), Tahiti]
John Webber Auction: 12/14/2018Lot: 23Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeNotre Dame de L`Isle Barbe, Lyons; On L`Isle Barbe, Lyons (pair)
John Webber Auction: 06/05/2013Lot: 210Subscribe or get free alerts
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