The great expeditions of the 18th century mark the appropriation of the world by the European powers. In addition to the scientific exploration of the world, tangible military and economic interests were at the forefront. With his circumnavigations around the world and his exploration of the Pacific Ocean, James Cook laid the foundation for the colonial expansion of the British Empire. The work of the cartographers filled the white spots on the world picture of that time and brought Europe into contact with the most diverse indigenous cultures. Especially the voyages from Cook to the South Seas and to the edge of Antarctica fired the imagination of the people in a country that was at the beginning of an epochal upheaval, the industrial revolution. Parallel to Cook's travelogues, a revolutionary technology, the steam engine, emerged in the industrial centres of England. The discoveries and modern technology formed the basis for the British world power.
As part of the expeditions, in addition to representatives of cartography, the natural sciences and ethnography, a representative of the visual arts always travelled with the expedition, who took on the task of providing the images of the new worlds. For William Hodges, until then known as a theatre and landscape painter, participation in James Cook's second South Sea voyage offered the opportunity to gain popularity and recognition. The selection of Hodges by the Royal Society therefore offered two opportunities. On the one hand, to be the first artist to create the new worlds, on the other hand, to start a new career in his home country after a successful return home. In 1772, two ships under the command of James Cook set off on their round-the-world voyage. After passing Cape Horn, the expedition sailed towards Antarctica and was the first ship to cross the Southern Arctic Circle. This pioneering achievement led, among other things, to a mountain in Antarctica today being named Hodges Knoll after the artist. The ships then set course for the South Seas and New Zealand. Hodges' sketches, which were created during the voyage of discovery, are characterised by the accuracy and detail with which they depict the lives of the locals. The South Seas pictures that appeared later provided Europeans with a place of longing that stood for peaceful and serene life beyond the constraints of civilization. After the return of the expedition in 1775, Hodges was given a position with the Admiralty to work out his sketches and make them into paintings or engravings. Cook's travelogues appeared with Hodges' engravings.
However, the paintings and engravings gave rise to a heated discussion among the expedition participants. The Prussian naturalists Georg and Johann Forster, who had accompanied the expedition scientifically, criticized above all the ethnographic inaccuracies in Hodges' paintings. In the conflict between the South Sea idyll and scientific accuracy, the British painter chose the former. Hodges served the longing of his contemporaries. Everything that contradicted this painting or the moral concepts of the time has only been preserved in the original sketches.
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.jpg "Osnabrug Island Bearing S by W 5 Leagues Distant by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Camp of a Thousand Men Formed by Augustus Cleveland Three Miles from Bhagalpur, with His Mansion in the Distance by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A View of Part of the City of Benares, upon the Ganges by William Hodges")
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.jpg "View of Porto Santo extending from NNW to WBW distant 5 miles by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Study in Durham yard before the Adelphi was built, from An Italian Sketchbook belonging to Richard Wilson by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A View of an Insulated Rock, in the River Ganges at Jangerah by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Storm on the Ganges, with Mrs. Hastings near the Col-gon Rocks by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Group of Indian Musicians Playing a Sarangi, a Tambura and Tablas, with a Girl Dancing on a Terrace by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A View of the Ruins of the Palace and Mosque at Fatepur Sikri, c.1783 by William Hodges")
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.jpg "View of an Indian Village with a Man Seated in the Foreground by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A View of the South Side of the Fort of Gwalior by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Island of Bonavista: 2 Profiles by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Jacques and the Wounded Stag: As You Like It, Act II, Scene I by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A View of the Mosque at Mounheer from the South East by William Hodges")
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.jpg "View of the Rajmahal Hills with a Sentinel in the Foreground by William Hodges")
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.jpg "The Forest of Arden, Act II, Scene I, from")
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.jpg "Seven Dials, Covent Garden by William Hodges")
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.jpg "View near Fort Gwalior, India by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A View of the Fort of Mongheer, upon the Banks of the River Ganges by William Hodges")
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.jpg "In Dusky Bay, New Zealand by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A View of the Bridge at Jionpoor over the River Goomty by William Hodges")
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.jpg "The Ice Islands on the 9th January 1773, engraved by B. T. Pouney, 31st Feb 1777 by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Storm on the Ganges, with Mrs Hastings near the Colgon Rocks by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A View of Firozeabad by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A View of Part of the Tomb of the Emperor Akbar at Secundrii by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Canoes, Otaheite by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A View of the Cuttera Built by Jaffier Cawn at Murishidbad, c.1781 by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A View of a Hill Village in the District of Baugelepoor (Bhagalpur) 1783 by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Omai, engraved by J.Caldwall, 1777 by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A View of the Fort of Gwalior, from the N.W. by William Hodges")
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.jpg "View from the Pass of Sakrigali Looking East Towards Bengal by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A View of a Mosque, i.e. Tomb at Jionpoor by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Resolution Bay in the Marquesas, 1774 by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Owharee Harbour, Huahine by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A View of the Mosque at Fatehpur Sikri by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Review of the War Galleys at Tahiti by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A Sketch of Block Island, latitude of the South Head 41: 9 N by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Seven Dials, Covent Garden oil on canvas (detail) by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Landing at Mallicolo by William Hodges")
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.jpg "The Resolution in a Stream of Pack-Ice by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Tahitian War Galleys in Matavai Bay, Tahiti by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A View of the Mosque at Mounheer from the S.E. by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A View of a Hindoo Monument by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A View of Part of the City of Oud by William Hodges")
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.jpg "View of Maitavie Bay, in the island of Otaheite (Tahiti) by William Hodges")
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.jpg "Explanation of a Double Canoe Seen at Amsterdam in the South Seas by William Hodges")
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.jpg "A View of Part of the Fort at Lutteefpoor by William Hodges")
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