French School, late 18th Century, after William Hodges, R.A.

Man in Christmas Sound, Tierra del Fuego

細節

French School, late 18th Century, after William Hodges, R.A.
Man in Christmas Sound, Tierra del Fuego
previously with remains of an eighteenth century inscription '...mme du (...) terre d. feu' on a label on the reverse
oil on canvas
11 x 8¾in. (27.9 x 22.2cm.)

拍品專文

After Basire's engraving (J. Cook, A Voyage towards the South Pole and round the world etc., London, 1777, plate XXVII) of a lost original by Hodges. Cook ran across the South Pacific from New Zealand to Tierra del Fuego at the end of 1774, anchoring in Christmas Sound on 21 December. Hodges' lost drawing would date to their stay here at the end of December before heading into the South Atlantic in January 1775 on the return leg of Cook's second voyage.