© Captain Cook Memorial Museum
The Resolution in a Stream of Pack-Ice
Artist: William Hodges (1744 - 1797)
Location: Captain Cook Memorial Museum
Date: 1772-1773
Materials: wash and watercolour on laid paper
Dimensions: 21.8 x 21.6cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £14,875 (Total: £80,275)
Vendor: Christie's
Review number: 5813 (2006)
Provenance:
Unknown; Christie's, 2006.
Description:
William Hodges was the official artist on Captain Cook’s Second Voyage and this small sketch was made during one of the two sweeps towards the South Pole in 1772-73. It depicts the Resolution under sail in a choppy sea under overcast skies with streams of pack ice floating past. There is a similar sketch in the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales.
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