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Passionate Customer Service Museum Quality Art Prints Customization Options Available.jpg "A View of Calcutta taken from Fort William by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A Banyan Tree by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Tahitian War Galleys in Matavai Bay, Tahiti by William Hodges")
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.jpg "The Ice Islands on the 9th January 1773, engraved by B. T. Pouney, 31st Feb 1777 by William Hodges")
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.jpg "South-West Face of the Fortress of Chunur Ghur on the Ganges, Uttar Pradesh by William Hodges")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-182228).jpg "Inhabitants of New Caledonia, from")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-286156).jpg "Benares on the Ganges, 1787 by William Hodges")
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.jpg "The Taj Mahal by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A View Near Agra by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Group of Indian Musicians Playing a Sarangi, a Tambura and Tablas, with a Girl Dancing on a Terrace by William Hodges")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-640764).jpg "New Zealand Portrait of a Maori by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Camp of a Thousand Men Formed by Augustus Cleveland Three Miles from Bhagalpur, with His Mansion in the Distance by William Hodges")
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.jpg "The Resolution and Adventure, 4 Jan by William Hodges")
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_View_of_Porto_Santo_extending_from_NNW_to_WBN_distant_5_miles_(b)_Vie_-_(MeisterDrucke-977249).jpg "View of Porto Santo Extending from NNW to WBN Distant 5 Miles, View of Porto Santo Bearing North Distant 2 Leagues, View of The Deserters by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Jacques and the Wounded Stag: As You Like It, Act II, Scene I by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Profile of the Island of St. Jago, Cape Verde Island. Titled The Island of St Jago Where the Point D Bears WSW Distant 3 Leagues by William Hodges")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-900557).jpg "Interior of the Pantheon, Oxford Road, London by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Seven Dials, Covent Garden by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Storm on the Ganges, with Mrs Hastings near the Colgon Rocks by William Hodges")
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_(see_also_150249)_-_(MeisterDrucke-906577).jpg "The Fort of Bidjegur by William Hodges")
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_from_the_frontispiece_of_Journey_Round_-_(MeisterDrucke-200218).jpg "Portrait of Captain James Cook (1728-79), from the Frontispiece of")
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.jpg "Pl. 12 A View of the Mosque at Futtipoor Sicri, from")
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_Profile_of_the_coast_of_the_Isle_of_Mayo_Cape_Verde_Islands_(b)_Profi_-_(MeisterDrucke-1015784).jpg "Profile of the coast of the Isle of Mayo, Cape Verde Islands by William Hodges")
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.jpg "The Forest of Arden, Act II, Scene I, from")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-266593).jpg "Fatehpur Sikri Palace by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Otoo, King of O-taheite, illustration from Captain James Cook")
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.jpg "Belmont, Avenue to Portia")
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.jpg "Map and profile of Palmerston Island by William Hodges")
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.jpg "View in the Jungle Terry, in Bengal by William Hodges")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1466688).jpg "View of Calcutta by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Landscape with Fishermen on a Lake by William Hodges")
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.jpg "The Marmalong Bridge, with a Sepoy and Natives in the Foreground by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Pl. 41 A View of the Cuttera Built by Jaffeir Cawn at Muxadavad, from")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-906449).jpg "Otley Bridge on the River Wharfe by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Omai, engraved by J.Caldwall, 1777 by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A View of the Fort of Ilionpoor upon the Banks of the River Goomty from")
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.jpg "A View of the Gaut at Etawa, on the Banks of the River Jumna, from")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-640762).jpg "Portrait of a native by William Hodges")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-315890).jpg "View of the Inside of a Zananah, Engraved by William Skelton by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A View of a Hill Village in the District of Baugelepoor (Bhagalpur) 1783 by William Hodges")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-640761).jpg "Otaheite native by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A View of the Ruins of the Palace and Mosque at Fatepur Sikri, c.1783 by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A View of the Bridge at Ilionpoor over the River Goomty by William Hodges")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-188977).jpg "View of a Mosque at Chunar Gur by William Hodges")
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.jpg "View near Fort Gwalior, India by William Hodges")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-640763).jpg "Otago, chief of Amsterdam Island by William Hodges")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-297414).jpg "Hill Village in the District of Bauhelepoor, 1787 by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Storm on the Ganges, with Mrs. Hastings near the Col-gon Rocks by William Hodges")
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.jpg "The Thames and the Adelphi by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A View of the Bridge at Ilionpoor over the River Goomty from")
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.jpg "Seven Dials, Covent Garden oil on canvas (detail) by William Hodges")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-151690).jpg "View of the Jungle, 1788 by William Hodges")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-201092).jpg "Musjid at Jaunpur by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A View of the Mosque at Mounheer from the South East by William Hodges")
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.jpg "View of Part of the City of Benares by William Hodges")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-640760).jpg "Potatow, the Otaheite admiral by William Hodges")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1116505).jpg "Conway Castle by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A View of the Mosque at Mounheer by William Hodges")
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.jpg "View of an Indian Village with a Man Seated in the Foreground by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A View of the Mosque at Futtipoor Sicri by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Captain Cook landing at Tanna by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A View in Dusky Bay, New Zealand by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Ice Islands by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A View of the Ghat at Etawa, on the Banks of the River Jumna, pub. 1785-88 by William Hodges")
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_(see_also_179847)_-_(MeisterDrucke-215710).jpg "A Mosque at Gazipoor, 1787 by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A view of part of the Tomb of the Emperor Akbar at Secundru by William Hodges")
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_Aurangzebs_Mosque_on_the_River_Ganges_Palace_of_Raja_Abal_Benares_-_(MeisterDrucke-1349745).jpg "Aurangzeb")
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.jpg "Profile of unidentified island by William Hodges")
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.jpg "War canoe, Otaheite by William Hodges")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-270249).jpg "A view of a Mosque, at Rajemahel, 1785-88 by William Hodges")
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.jpg "The Thames and the Adelphi by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Study in Durham yard before the Adelphi was built, from An Italian Sketchbook belonging to Richard Wilson by William Hodges")
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 from Bengal Entering in - (MeisterDrucke-569891).jpg "The Pass of Sicri Gully (Sakrigali) from Bengal, Entering in the Province of Bahar by William Hodges")
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.jpg "View from the Pass of Sakrigali Looking East Towards Bengal by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Ice Islands by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Dusky Bay, New Zealand by William Hodges")
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.jpg "The Otaheite Fleet at Appany Bay by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A Fishing Canoe of the Friendly Islands by William Hodges")
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.jpg "View, possibly of Dusky Bay, New Zealand by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A large sailing canoe of the Friendly Islands by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Storm on the Ganges, with Mrs. Hastings near the Col-gon Rocks by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Otley Bridge on the River Wharfe by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A View of the Mosque at Mounheer, from the South East, from")
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.jpg "The Resolution in a Stream of Pack-Ice by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Ice Island by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Ruins of Llanthony Abbey by William Hodges")
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.jpg "View of a Mosque at Mounheer by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A View of the Cuttera Built by Jaffeir Cawn at Muxadavad by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A Mosque at Gazipoor by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Chart of Port Praya in the Island of St Jago, Cape Verde Islands by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Table Mountain, Cape Town by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Otley Bridge on the River Wharfe by William Hodges")
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_one_of_the_islands_of_Vanuatu_(formerly_N_-_(MeisterDrucke-1498980).jpg "The landing at Erramanga, showing the crew of a canoe fighting with warriors from the island by William Hodges")
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.jpg "View of the Rajmahal Hills with a Sentinel in the Foreground by William Hodges")
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_and_the_Society_Isles_with_a_vi_-_(MeisterDrucke-1482324).jpg "War Boats of Tahiti and the Society Isles by William Hodges")
_and_the_Society_Isles_with_a_vi_-_(MeisterDrucke-1482324).jpg)
_one_of_the_New_Hebrides_-_(MeisterDrucke-1500634).jpg "The landing at Tanna, one of the New Hebrides by William Hodges")
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The great expeditions of the 18th century mark the appropriation of the world by the European powers. In addition to the scientific exploration of the world, tangible military and economic interests were at the forefront. With his circumnavigations around the world and his exploration of the Pacific Ocean, James Cook laid the foundation for the colonial expansion of the British Empire. The work of the cartographers filled the white spots on the world picture of that time and brought Europe into contact with the most diverse indigenous cultures. Especially the voyages from Cook to the South Seas and to the edge of Antarctica fired the imagination of the people in a country that was at the beginning of an epochal upheaval, the industrial revolution. Parallel to Cook's travelogues, a revolutionary technology, the steam engine, emerged in the industrial centres of England. The discoveries and modern technology formed the basis for the British world power.
As part of the expeditions, in addition to representatives of cartography, the natural sciences and ethnography, a representative of the visual arts always travelled with the expedition, who took on the task of providing the images of the new worlds. For William Hodges, until then known as a theatre and landscape painter, participation in James Cook's second South Sea voyage offered the opportunity to gain popularity and recognition. The selection of Hodges by the Royal Society therefore offered two opportunities. On the one hand, to be the first artist to create the new worlds, on the other hand, to start a new career in his home country after a successful return home. In 1772, two ships under the command of James Cook set off on their round-the-world voyage. After passing Cape Horn, the expedition sailed towards Antarctica and was the first ship to cross the Southern Arctic Circle. This pioneering achievement led, among other things, to a mountain in Antarctica today being named Hodges Knoll after the artist. The ships then set course for the South Seas and New Zealand. Hodges' sketches, which were created during the voyage of discovery, are characterised by the accuracy and detail with which they depict the lives of the locals. The South Seas pictures that appeared later provided Europeans with a place of longing that stood for peaceful and serene life beyond the constraints of civilization. After the return of the expedition in 1775, Hodges was given a position with the Admiralty to work out his sketches and make them into paintings or engravings. Cook's travelogues appeared with Hodges' engravings.
However, the paintings and engravings gave rise to a heated discussion among the expedition participants. The Prussian naturalists Georg and Johann Forster, who had accompanied the expedition scientifically, criticized above all the ethnographic inaccuracies in Hodges' paintings. In the conflict between the South Sea idyll and scientific accuracy, the British painter chose the former. Hodges served the longing of his contemporaries. Everything that contradicted this painting or the moral concepts of the time has only been preserved in the original sketches.
The great expeditions of the 18th century mark the appropriation of the world by the European powers. In addition to the scientific exploration of the world, tangible military and economic interests were at the forefront. With his circumnavigations around the world and his exploration of the Pacific Ocean, James Cook laid the foundation for the colonial expansion of the British Empire. The work of the cartographers filled the white spots on the world picture of that time and brought Europe into contact with the most diverse indigenous cultures. Especially the voyages from Cook to the South Seas and to the edge of Antarctica fired the imagination of the people in a country that was at the beginning of an epochal upheaval, the industrial revolution. Parallel to Cook's travelogues, a revolutionary technology, the steam engine, emerged in the industrial centres of England. The discoveries and modern technology formed the basis for the British world power.
As part of the expeditions, in addition to representatives of cartography, the natural sciences and ethnography, a representative of the visual arts always travelled with the expedition, who took on the task of providing the images of the new worlds. For William Hodges, until then known as a theatre and landscape painter, participation in James Cook's second South Sea voyage offered the opportunity to gain popularity and recognition. The selection of Hodges by the Royal Society therefore offered two opportunities. On the one hand, to be the first artist to create the new worlds, on the other hand, to start a new career in his home country after a successful return home. In 1772, two ships under the command of James Cook set off on their round-the-world voyage. After passing Cape Horn, the expedition sailed towards Antarctica and was the first ship to cross the Southern Arctic Circle. This pioneering achievement led, among other things, to a mountain in Antarctica today being named Hodges Knoll after the artist. The ships then set course for the South Seas and New Zealand. Hodges' sketches, which were created during the voyage of discovery, are characterised by the accuracy and detail with which they depict the lives of the locals. The South Seas pictures that appeared later provided Europeans with a place of longing that stood for peaceful and serene life beyond the constraints of civilization. After the return of the expedition in 1775, Hodges was given a position with the Admiralty to work out his sketches and make them into paintings or engravings. Cook's travelogues appeared with Hodges' engravings.
However, the paintings and engravings gave rise to a heated discussion among the expedition participants. The Prussian naturalists Georg and Johann Forster, who had accompanied the expedition scientifically, criticized above all the ethnographic inaccuracies in Hodges' paintings. In the conflict between the South Sea idyll and scientific accuracy, the British painter chose the former. Hodges served the longing of his contemporaries. Everything that contradicted this painting or the moral concepts of the time has only been preserved in the original sketches.
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.jpg "Tahitian War Galleys in Matavai Bay, Tahiti by William Hodges")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-319106).jpg "Pagodas at Deogur, 1787 by William Hodges")
_-_(MeisterDrucke-198095).jpg "The East End of the Fort of Mongheer, 1787 by William Hodges")
![A View of Matavai Bay in the Island of Otaheite [Tahiti] by William Hodges](/kunstwerke/300px/William_Hodges_-_A_View_of_Matavai_Bay_in_the_Island_of_Otaheite_Tahiti_-_(MeisterDrucke-1433424).jpg "A View of Matavai Bay in the Island of Otaheite [Tahiti] by William Hodges")