John Webber

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John Webber was an 18th-century Swiss-born British artist best known as the official draughtsman on Captain James Cook’s third Pacific voyage, where he produced many influential landscapes and ethnographic illustrations.

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instanceOf British person
Swiss person
artist
draughtsman
painter
artMovement 18th-century British art
birthName Johann Weber
burialPlace St Anne's Church, Soho
centuryOfActivity 18th century
commissionedBy British Admiralty
countryOfBirth Kingdom of Great Britain
countryOfDeath Kingdom of Great Britain
dateOfBirth 1751-10-06
dateOfDeath 1793-04-29
employer Royal Navy
exhibitedAt Royal Academy of Arts
father Abraham Weber
fatherOccupation sculptor
fieldOfWork ethnographic illustration
landscape art
gender male
influenced European perceptions of the Pacific
knownFor ethnographic depictions of Pacific peoples
landscape paintings from the Pacific
official draughtsman on James Cook's third Pacific voyage
languageOfWorkOrName English
German
name John Webber
nationality British
Swiss
notableWorkType landscape drawings
portraits of Pacific Islanders
topographical views
occupation artist
draughtsman
painter
placeOfBirth London
linked to: London, England
placeOfDeath London
linked to: London, England
servedOnShip HMS Resolution
servedUnder James Cook
traveledTo Alaska
Hawaii
New Zealand
Pacific Northwest
Tahiti
voyageEndYear 1780
voyageStartYear 1776
workedOn James Cook's third voyage of discovery

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