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John Webber
John Webber

John Webber

English, 1751 – 1793
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John Webber RA was an English artist who accompanied Captain Cook on his third Pacific expedition. He is best known for his images of Australasia, Hawaii and Alaska.

Webber was born in London, educated in Bern and studied painting at Paris. His father was Abraham Wäber, a Swiss sculptor who had moved to London, and changed his name to Webber before marrying a Mrs Mary Quant in 1744.

Webber served as official artist on James Cook's third voyage of discovery around the Pacific (1776–1880) aboard HMS Resolution. At Adventure Bay in January 1777 he did drawings of "A Man of Van Diemen's Land" and "A Woman of Van Diemen's Land". He also did many drawings of scenes in New Zealand and the South Sea islands. On this voyage, during which 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 made numerous watercolor landscapes of the islands of Kauai and Hawaii, and also portrayed many of the Hawaiian people.

In April 1778, Captain Cook's ships Resolution and Discovery anchored at Ship Cove, now known as Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island, Canada to refit. The crew took observations and recorded encounters with the local people. Webber made watercolour landscapes including "Resolution and Discovery in Ship Cove, 1778". His drawings and paintings were engraved for the British Admiralty's account of the expedition, which was published in 1784.
Back in England in 1780 Webber exhibited around 50 works at Royal Academy exhibitions between 1784 and 1792, and was elected an associate of the Royal Academy in 1785 and R.A. in 1791. Most of his work were landscapes. Sometimes figures were included as in "A Party from H.M.S. Resolution shooting sea horses", which was shown at the academy in 1784, and his "The Death of Captain Cook" became well known through an engraving of it. Another version of this picture is in the William Dixson gallery at Sydney.

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Burial Ground in the South Seas

Burial Ground in the South Seas

John Webber (English, 1751 – 1793)
Landscape
Portrait of Captain James Cook

Portrait of Captain James Cook

John Webber (English, 1751 – 1793)
Figurative
View on the Lake, Como

View on the Lake, Como (1787)

John Webber (English, 1751 – 1793)
Landscape
View of Cracatoa, China Seas

View of Cracatoa, China Seas

John Webber (English, 1751 – 1793)
Landscape
Rocks in Derbyshire

Rocks in Derbyshire (1789)

John Webber (English, 1751 – 1793)
Landscape
Pliny’s Villa, belonging to the Marquis Canarizi near Como

Pliny’s Villa, belonging to the Marquis Canarizi near Como (1787)

John Webber (English, 1751 – 1793)
Landscape
Goodrich Castle on the Wye, Hertfordshire

Goodrich Castle on the Wye, Hertfordshire (1788)

John Webber (English, 1751 – 1793)
Landscape
Borgo da Vico, Como

Borgo da Vico, Como (before 1775)

John Webber (English, 1751 – 1793)
Landscape
On the path next to a dilapidated hut with a thatched roof, a shepherd on horseback and a farmer’s wife with sheep and goats

On the path next to a dilapidated hut with a thatched roof, a shepherd on horseback and a farmer’s wife with sheep and goats (1773)

John Webber (English, 1751 – 1793)
Landscape
Poedua [Poetua], daughter of Oreo, chief of Ulaietea, one of the Society Isles

Poedua [Poetua], daughter of Oreo, chief of Ulaietea, one of the Society Isles

John Webber (English, 1751 – 1793)
Figurative
Mawddach Falls near Dolgelly

Mawddach Falls near Dolgelly (1790)

John Webber (English, 1751 – 1793)
Landscape
View of Santa Cruz, Tenerife

View of Santa Cruz, Tenerife

John Webber (English, 1751 – 1793)
Landscape
The Harbour of Pulo Condere

The Harbour of Pulo Condere

John Webber (English, 1751 – 1793)
Landscape
Ship Cove, Queen Charlotte Sound

Ship Cove, Queen Charlotte Sound

John Webber (English, 1751 – 1793)
Landscape
Rider with dog at a watering place, on the right, a man embraces a girl

Rider with dog at a watering place, on the right, a man embraces a girl (1773)

John Webber (English, 1751 – 1793)
Landscape
The Resolution Beating through the Ice, with the Discovery in the most eminent Danger in the Distance

The Resolution Beating through the Ice, with the Discovery in the most eminent Danger in the Distance (1792)

John Webber (English, 1751 – 1793)
Drawings
Thurshouse Tor from the river Manifold, Derbyshire

Thurshouse Tor from the river Manifold, Derbyshire

John Webber (English, 1751 – 1793)
Drawings
View from Renard’s Hole, Dovedale, Derbyshire

View from Renard’s Hole, Dovedale, Derbyshire (1789)

John Webber (English, 1751 – 1793)
Drawings
View in Macao, Including the Residence of Camoens, When He Wrote his Lusiad

View in Macao, Including the Residence of Camoens, When He Wrote his Lusiad (1788)

John Webber (English, 1751 – 1793)
Drawings
View in Macao, Including the Residence of Camoens, When He Wrote his Lusiad

View in Macao, Including the Residence of Camoens, When He Wrote his Lusiad (1788)

John Webber (English, 1751 – 1793)
Drawings
View in Macao

View in Macao (1788)

John Webber (English, 1751 – 1793)
Drawings
View in Oheitepeha Bay, Otaheite

View in Oheitepeha Bay, Otaheite (1791)

John Webber (English, 1751 – 1793)
Drawings
View in the Island of Cracatoa

View in the Island of Cracatoa

John Webber (English, 1751 – 1793)
Drawings
View in the Island of Pulo Condore

View in the Island of Pulo Condore (1792)

John Webber (English, 1751 – 1793)
Drawings
View in the Island of Pulo Condore

View in the Island of Pulo Condore (1792)

John Webber (English, 1751 – 1793)
Drawings
View of the Harbour of Taloo in the Island of Eimeo

View of the Harbour of Taloo in the Island of Eimeo (1789)

John Webber (English, 1751 – 1793)
Drawings
Village Scene

Village Scene (ca. 1790)

John Webber (English, 1751 – 1793)
Drawings
Waheiadooa, Chief of Oheitepha, Lying in State

Waheiadooa, Chief of Oheitepha, Lying in State (1789)

John Webber (English, 1751 – 1793)
Drawings
Watergate Street, Chester

Watergate Street, Chester (1807)

John Webber (English, 1751 – 1793)
Drawings
The Resolution Beating through the Ice, with the Discovery in the most eminent Danger in the Distance

The Resolution Beating through the Ice, with the Discovery in the most eminent Danger in the Distance (1792)

John Webber (English, 1751 – 1793)
Drawings
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