John Webber b. 6 October 1752

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Artist-draughtsman on Cook's third voyage. Webber was among the most travelled artists of his age. He was instrumental in the dissolution of the traditional concept of European landscape art.
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Citations

  • Duyker, Ed (April 1999), 'John Webber’s People and Places’, Canberra, ACT: National Library of Australia News, 18-21 (National Library of Australia holdings), .

  • Joppien, R. and Smith, B. (1776), 'The Art of Captain Cook’s Voyages vol. 3: the Voyage of the Resolution and Discovery 1776-1780’, Melbourne, Victoria: Oxford University Press (and bibliography).

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  • Bernice P. Bishop Museum and Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii (collected in)
  • Yale Center for Studies in British Art, New Haven, USA (collected in)
  • Peabody Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA (collected in)
  • Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (collected in)
  • Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK (collected in)
  • National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, England (collected in)
  • Sir John Soane's Museum, London, England (collected in)
  • Naval Library of Ministry of Defence (collected in)
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  • Royal Academy, London, England (collected in)
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  • Bishop Suter Art Gallery, Nelson, New Zealand (collected in)
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  • Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Portrait Gallery, London, England (collected in)
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  • Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
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  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Baillieu Library Special Collections, University of Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)
  • National Potrait Gallery, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Public Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Canada (collected in)
  • Bernice P. Bishop Museum and Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii (collected in)
  • Yale Center for Studies in British Art, New Haven, USA (collected in)
  • Peabody Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, USA (collected in)
  • Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (collected in)
  • Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK (collected in)
  • National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, England (collected in)
  • Sir John Soane's Museum, London, England (collected in)
  • Naval Library of Ministry of Defence (collected in)
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England (collected in)
  • Royal Academy, London, England (collected in)
  • Natural History Museum, London, England (collected in)
  • British Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings, London, UK (collected in)
  • British Library, London, England, UK (collected in)
  • Bishop Suter Art Gallery, Nelson, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand (collected in)
  • National Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand (collected in)
  • Allport Library and Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS (collected in)
  • National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, VIC (collected in)
  • National Portrait Gallery, London, England (collected in)
  • National Library of Australia, Canberra, ACT (collected in)
  • Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (collected in)
  • Baillieu Library Special Collections, University of Melbourne, Vic. (collected in)