Portrait of Captain James Cook

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Portrait of Captain James Cook

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Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This essay originally appeared in New Zealand Art at Te Papa (Te Papa Press, 2018). John Webber was born in London, the son of a Swiss sculptor. He was schooled in Berne and Paris before returning to London in 1775 for further study at the Royal Academy. Although relatively unknown at this time and without influential friends or patrons, Webber’s fate was determined at the Academy’s exhibition the following spring, when his work caught the notice of Daniel Solander, the botanist on Captain J...

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Date created

circa 1780

Creator

John Webber

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/41431

Related subjects

Portraits / Explorers / Men / Military uniforms / Telescopes / Captain James Cook / oil paint / canvas / paintings / portraits / England

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