Discover etcher, illustrator, painter William Hodges (1744-1797)

Qualifications: etcher, illustrator, painter, miniaturist painter, draftsperson

Nationality/school: English

Born: London (England) 1744-10-28

Deceased: Brixham (England) 1797-03-06

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Education: Shipley's Drawing School (Londen)

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Londen (Engeland)
Brixham (Engeland)
Derby (Engeland)
Stille Oceaan 1772 - 1775
als tekenaar deelnemer aan de tweede expeditie van Captain Cook
India 1779 - 1784
Europa 1790

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Pupil of This field mentions the names of teachers or masters. What is at issue are the teachers who made a significant contribution to the development of a students, as opposed to every instructor they ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Wilson, Richard
Hodges was tevens assistent van Wilson en kopieerde diens werk ook
Teacher of This field mentions the names of pupils. What is at issue are the pupils who were significantly influenced by a teacher as opposed to every student someone ever had. See also the 'Education' field.: Reynolds, Samuel William (I)

Subjects This field specifies the various subject categories or genres that constitute the oeuvre of the artist in question. The contents of this field are generally based more on the documentation available at the RKD than on the literature.: architecture (genre), history (genre), landscape (genre), literature (genre), orientalism, cityscape, topography

Literature

Literature in RKDLibrary: 2 hits in RKDlibrary as subject

M.H. Grant, A Dictionary of British Landscape Painters. From the 16th Century to the early 20th Century, Leigh-on-Sea 1970, p. 95
G. Quilley (ed.), William Hodges, first artist of empire, New Haven/London 2004
M. Rosenthal, 'William Hodges', in: The Burlington Magazine, dl. CXLVI, nr. 1220, november 2004, p. 775-776
N. Lambourn, 'Discovery. Paradise Found: a newly-discovered painting by William Hodges, and other fascinating reminders of epic voyages of exploration', Christie's Magazine, September-October 2005, p. 80-81

Documentation RKD

This field specifies the location of the various RKD documentation materials. Most of the locations refer to our art-historical image documentation. In addition, you will find references to press documentation (clippings and short articles) here.

Comment: Hodges stopte in 1795 met schilderen en werd bankier, maar ging failliet

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William Hodges (1744-1797)

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