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Record Id:

032-002093429

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-002093429

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100000000044.0x0001c1

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ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Add MS 15743

Title:

A collection of large drawings in Indian ink, made by William Hodges, during the second voyage of Captain Cook, in 1772-1774.

Scope & Content:

Created during or after Captain Cook's second voyage, 1772-1774.

Collection Area:

Western Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Additional Manuscripts

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Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

Ten drawings, three of which are in two parts. Thirteen sheets in total

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Languages:

English

Scripts:

Latin

Start Date:

1774

End Date:

1775

Date Range:

1774-1775

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Physical Characteristics:

Ink, ink wash and watercolour on paper.

Stored within a folder measuring approx 600 mm x 2000 mm.

Custodial History:

Acquired from the Admiralty by the British Museum in 1844 as part of a larger collection of drawings and charts from the voyages. These drawings were transferred from the Department of Printed Books in 1846 to the Department of Manuscripts.

Finding Aids:

The Charts and Coastal Views of Captain Cook's Voyages: The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure, 1772-1775, ed. by Andrew David with Rüdiger Joppien and Bernard Smith, (Hakluyt Society in association with the Australian Academy of the Humanities, London, 1992), vol. 2. p. lx.

Rüdiger Joppien and Bernard Smith, The Art of Captain Cook’s Voyages: The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772-1775, (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, in association with the Australian Academy of the Humanities, 1985), vol. 2.

Publications:

James Cook, The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery: The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure, 1772-1775, ed. by J C Beaglehole, (Cambridge, 1969), vol. 2.

Exhibitions:

Captain James Cook: his artists and draughtsmen, Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand , October 1964 - December 1964
Picturing places, (online), 27 April 2017-
William Hodges 1744-1797: The Art of Exploration, National Maritime Museum, July 2004 - November 2004

Material Type:

Prints, Drawings and Paintings

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Notes:

Folios 8 and 9 were exhibited in Captain James Cook: his artists and draughtsmen, Auckland City Art Gallery, New Zealand, October 1964- December 1964.

Folios 2, 5, 8, 9, 10 were exhibited in William Hodges 1744-1797: The Art of Exploration, National Maritime Museum, July 2004- November 2004.

Names:

Hodges, William, artist, 1744-1797,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000081362433,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/56866547

Subjects:

Second voyage of James Cook (1772-1775)