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Cascade in the Tuauru Valley, Tahiti

British / Landscape / Paintings (Reproductions) / Romanticism - 12 months ago - troycapc

This is a reproduction of “A Cascade in the Tuauru Valley, Tahiti” of 1773 by William Hodges.  This painting was one of many which the artist completed while on the second voyage of James Cook from 1772 to 1775.  Hodges was born in London and embarked on the voyage when he was twenty-eight years old.  He had supported himself as a painter of theatrical scenes and was on salary by the Admiralty during and after the voyage so that he could complete his paintings.  His bold use of light and shadow anticipated the later Romantic movement.  His artistic career was ended when he displeased the Duke of York in 1795 and he died in Devonshire two years later at the age of fifty-three.   This work is 64.1 cm wide and 49.9 cm high and is at the National Maritime Museum in London.

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