William Hodges b. 28 October 1744

  • Artist (Draughtsman),
  • Artist (Painter)
Painter and sketcher, Hodges was born, educated and worked in London. From 1772-1775 he travelled the Pacific and to Norfolk Island as the official landscape painter with James Cook's second voyage.

Citations

  • Smith, Bernard, 'Imagining the Pacific’, [Three Tahitian views 1773 – in illustrated edition are quoted by Viv Binns].

  • Hodges, William (1793), 'Travels in India’.

  • Joppien, R & Smith, B. (1985), 'The Art of Captain Cook’s Voyages 2: The Voyage of the Resolution and Adventure 1772 1775’, New Haven, USA.

  • Stuebe, I. (1979), 'The Life and Works of William Hodges’, Garland Outstanding Dissertation in the Fine Arts, New York, USA.

  • Information sourced from Callaway, Anita.

See also

  • 'The Resloution and Adventure, 4 Jan 1773 Taking in Ice for Water'.

Initial data sources

  • The Dictionary of Australian Artists: painters, sketchers, photographers and engravers to 1870