© Captain Cook Memorial Museum
Group of drawings of Kamchatkan natives
Artist: John Webber (1751 - 1793)
Location: Captain Cook Memorial Museum
Date: 1779
Materials: pencil, crayon & chalk & sepia wash on paper
Dimensions: from 29 x 20cm to 35 x 25cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £50,000 (Total: £241,971)
Vendor: Hordern House
Review number: 5985 (2007)
Provenance:
Francis Edwards, 1932; Francis Farquhar (1887-1974); bequeathed to his wife (who died in 2000); R David Parsons; Hordern House, Sydney.
Description:
Webber was official artist on Cook's Third Voyage of discovery. These 6 drawings are the first representation by a European artist of Kamchatka and its peoples. They show a humanity and sympathy with their subjects while at the same time providing a unique ethnographic 'field study' of early contacts.
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