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On the one hand, the 18th century was the time of colonialism, during which expeditions to the South Seas took place that are still shrouded in legend today. Since, of course, there was no photography at that time, painters played a central role in these adventurous expeditions, alongside sailors. In this historical context the English painter and draughtsman with Swiss roots John Webber, born Johann Wäber, became famous and appreciated.
Webber first worked as an apprentice at Johann Ludwig Aberli, a landscape painter from Bern. He then studied at the Académie Royale in Paris with Johann Georg Wille. Webber was able to finance his studies with the help of a scholarship awarded to him by the "Gesellschaft zu Kaufleuten". He then returned to London and, driven by a thirst for knowledge, studied at the Royal Academy of Arts.
The Swedish botanist Daniel Carl Solander recognized Webber's talent in exhibited nature and landscape paintings and engaged him as an expedition painter for the famous third expedition in the South Seas of Captain James Cook. This made John Webber the very first Swiss to visit Australia, more precisely Bruny Island off Tasmania. However, John Webber did not see himself as a simple expedition painter. He saw himself much more as a travel journalist for an audience that was increasingly interested in travel reports of this kind. The expedition, which was initially scheduled to last only three years, was delayed by the death of James Cook and due to difficulties in the North Pacific during the return journey.
In 1793 John Webber died of kidney failure. In the last years of his life, Webber undertook extensive study trips to the north of England, France and Bern in Switzerland, where he spent his childhood.
On the one hand, the 18th century was the time of colonialism, during which expeditions to the South Seas took place that are still shrouded in legend today. Since, of course, there was no photography at that time, painters played a central role in these adventurous expeditions, alongside sailors. In this historical context the English painter and draughtsman with Swiss roots John Webber, born Johann Wäber, became famous and appreciated.
Webber first worked as an apprentice at Johann Ludwig Aberli, a landscape painter from Bern. He then studied at the Académie Royale in Paris with Johann Georg Wille. Webber was able to finance his studies with the help of a scholarship awarded to him by the "Gesellschaft zu Kaufleuten". He then returned to London and, driven by a thirst for knowledge, studied at the Royal Academy of Arts.
The Swedish botanist Daniel Carl Solander recognized Webber's talent in exhibited nature and landscape paintings and engaged him as an expedition painter for the famous third expedition in the South Seas of Captain James Cook. This made John Webber the very first Swiss to visit Australia, more precisely Bruny Island off Tasmania. However, John Webber did not see himself as a simple expedition painter. He saw himself much more as a travel journalist for an audience that was increasingly interested in travel reports of this kind. The expedition, which was initially scheduled to last only three years, was delayed by the death of James Cook and due to difficulties in the North Pacific during the return journey.
In 1793 John Webber died of kidney failure. In the last years of his life, Webber undertook extensive study trips to the north of England, France and Bern in Switzerland, where he spent his childhood.
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.jpg "Portrait of Captain James Cook by John Webber")
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.jpg "Portrait of Kaneena, a Chief of the Sandwich Islands in the North Pacific Ocean, engraved by Ambrose William Warren by John Webber")
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.jpg "Tonga Islands: Welcoming ceremony for Captain James Cook by John Webber")
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.jpg "The Tahitian Princess Poedua, the Daughter of Oreo by John Webber")
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.jpg "View of the Harbour of Taloo in the Island of Eimeo, from")
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.jpg "Human Sacrifice at the Great Morai at Attahouroo, Tahiti, witnessed by Captain Cook on 1 September 1777 by John Webber")
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.jpg "Portrait of a New Zealander by John Webber")
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.jpg "Ships of James Cook at Christmas Harbour, Kerguelen Islands, December 1776 by John Webber")
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.jpg "Native women from Van Diemen")
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.jpg "A Tasmanian woman carrying a child on her back, with a skin slung from her left shoulder about her waist. January 1777 by John Webber")
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.jpg "Portrait of Poedooa, Daughter of Orea, King of Ulaitea, Society Islands by John Webber")
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.jpg "A Double Travelling Canoe of Otaheite by John Webber")
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_made_du_-_(MeisterDrucke-1100864).jpg "Polynesian man from Nootka Sound, illustration by John Webber made during third voyage of James Cook by John Webber")
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.jpg "A Tattooed Dancer in Traditional Costume, Hawaii, 1778 by John Webber")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-636800).jpg "Death of Cook by John Webber")
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.jpg "A View in Oheitepeha Bay in the Island of Otaheite, from")
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.jpg "A View in Nootka Sound by John Webber")
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.jpg "Double canoe with oarsmen, Hawaii by John Webber")
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.jpg "Hawaiian Woman Wearing a Feather Leis, 18th Century by John Webber")
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.jpg "Summer and Winter Habitations in Kamchatka from the Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 1785 by John Webber")
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.jpg "Interior of Nootka Native American House by John Webber")
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.jpg "A Canoe of Ulietea by John Webber")
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.jpg "Man with Rattle by John Webber")
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.jpg "View of Vaitepiha Valley, Tahiti, 1777 by John Webber")
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.jpg "A View of Karakokooa, in Owyhee by John Webber")
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.jpg "Inside of a Funeral Hut, Tahiti by John Webber")
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.jpg "A View of the Harbour of Huahine with Peaked Mountains, Including Mount Turi, in the Background. In the Bay is the")
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.jpg "Native Inhabitants of the Friendly Islands Dancing in Hapee, from the")
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.jpg "Sea Horses, figures by J. Heath, engraved by E. Scott, plate 52 from")
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.jpg "Kalaniopuu, King of Hawaii, Bringing Presents to Captain Cook by John Webber")
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.jpg "Funeral with deceased under canopy, Tahiti, Society Islands, watercolor by John Webber from description of Captain James Cook")
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.jpg "The Resolution Beating Through the Ice with the Discovery in the Most Imminent Danger in the Distance, from")
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.jpg "Ship Cove, Queen Charlotte Sound by John Webber")
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.jpg "View in Queen Charlotte")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-903372).jpg "The Inside of a House in Nootka Sound by John Webber")
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.jpg "A Young Woman of the Sandwich Islands, illustration from")
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.jpg "The Narta, or Sledge for Burdens in Kamtschatka, from")
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.jpg "A Canoe of the Sandwich Islands, with the Rowers Masked, 1784 by John Webber")
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.jpg "The Fan Palm in the Island of Cracatoa, from")
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.jpg "Hawaiian by John Webber")
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.jpg "Hawaiian Man Wearing a Gourd Mask by John Webber")
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.jpg "View in Macao, from")
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.jpg "Hawaiian Dancer by John Webber")
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.jpg "A view of Christmas Harbour in Kerguelen")
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.jpg "View in the Island of Krakatoa by John Webber")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-977274).jpg "Canoes of Oonalashka, Prince William")
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.jpg "A man of Van Diemen")
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.jpg "European Vessel Under Sail by John Webber")
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.jpg "View of Santa Cruz, Tenerife by John Webber")
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.jpg "An Inland View, on Atooi, from a Series of Watercolours Illustrating Captain Cook")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-570122).jpg "A Man of the Sandwich Islands by John Webber")
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_China_Seas_-_(MeisterDrucke-1434895).jpg "View of Cracatoa, China Seas by John Webber")
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.jpg "Goodrich Castle on the Wye, Hertfordshire by John Webber")
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.jpg "The Inside of a Hippah in New Zealand, illustration from")
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.jpg "View in Macao including the Residence of Camoens where he wrote his Lusiad, from")
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.jpg "Portrait of Mrs William Bligh by John Webber")
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.jpg "A View of Huaheine, from a series of watercolours illustrating Captain Cook")
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.jpg "A View from Aimeo Harbour Looking Out Towards the Sea; the Masts of the")
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.jpg "A Toopapaoo of a Chief with a Priest Making His Offering to the Morai in Huoheine, from")
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.jpg "Dance on Tahiti by John Webber")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1015800).jpg "A View of Karakakooa, in Owyhee by John Webber")
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.jpg "Native of Van Diemen")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-36047).jpg "Habit of a Young Woman of Otaheite Dancing, c.1785 by John Webber")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-994499).jpg "A Woman of Prince William")
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.jpg "View of the North Point of Kealakekua Bay, on the Island of Hawaii, Taken from the")
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.jpg "Drawing of a Wattle Bird by John Webber")
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.jpg "A Sailing Canoe of Otaheite by John Webber")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-977272).jpg "A Young Woman of Otaheite bringing a present, c.1773-84 by John Webber")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-977277).jpg "A Man of the Sandwich Islands, Dancing, c.1773-84 by John Webber")
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_(China)_Oil_on_canvas_-_(MeisterDrucke-1498639).jpg "View of Macau, near the Guangdong River. Oil on canvas by John Webber")
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.jpg "The Balagans or Summer Habitations, with the Method of Drying Fish, at St. Peter and Paul, Kamtschatka by John Webber")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1015796).jpg "A view at Anamooka by John Webber")
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.jpg "Priests Traveling Across Kealakekua Bay for First Contact Rituals by John Webber")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1030691).jpg "View of a Tomb on Sea Shore by John Webber")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1015797).jpg "A Fiatooka, or Morai in Tongataboo by John Webber")
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.jpg "The Inside of a Hippah, in New Zealand by John Webber")
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.jpg "The Plantain Tree in the Island of Cracatoa, from")
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.jpg "5: A Night Dance by Men, in Hapaee, from a series of watercolours illustrating Captain Cook")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-903373).jpg "A Man of Prince William")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-903371).jpg "A View of the Habitations in Nootka Sound by John Webber")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-977276).jpg "The Inside of a House in Oonalashka, c.1773-84 by John Webber")
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.jpg "Drawing of Captain Cook")
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.jpg "Tereoboo, King of Owyhee, bringing presents to Captain Cook, from a series of watercolours illustrating Captain Cook")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-994502).jpg "A Sledge of Kamtschatka by John Webber")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1030688).jpg "Tereoboo, King of Owyhee, Bringing Presents to Capt. Cook by John Webber")
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.jpg "The Death of Captain James Cook, 1785 by John Webber")
_tue_par_les_indigene_-_(MeisterDrucke-1031331).jpg "The Death of Captain James Cook on February 14 by John Webber")