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Picturing the pacific : Joseph Banks and the shipboard artists of Cook and Flinders

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  • Description

    "It was Sir Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society, who popularised the placement of professional artists on British ships of exploration. For over 50 years between the 1760s and the early 19th century, the voyagers who sailed from Europe to explore the Pacific brought back glimpses of this new world - a sensational view of part of the earth few would ever see ...

    Drawing on both private and public collections from around the world, this lavish book presents oil paintings, watercolours, drawings, prints and other documents from those voyages, providing a unique glimpse into an age when art, politics and science became entwined." - dust jacket

  • Place
    London, England, United Kingdom
  • Other Id

    N8258 TAY (Library of Congress Call Number)

    90206 (Cat ID)

    90030 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

    Publications

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