HMS Endeavour is a painting by James Williamson which was uploaded on December 20th, 2012.
HMS Endeavour
HMS Endeavour, sail on, sail on, thou fearless barque, where'er blows the welcome winds.
Excerpt from a poem by Thomas Moore.
Oil on canvas... more
Original - Not For Sale
Price
$3,400
Dimensions
36.000 x 24.000 inches
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Title
HMS Endeavour
Artist
James Williamson
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
HMS Endeavour, sail on, sail on, thou fearless barque, where'er blows the welcome winds.
Excerpt from a poem by Thomas Moore.
Oil on canvas painting by artist James Williamson.
Artist James Williamson ASMA,
Signature Member of the American Society of Marine Artists
The first voyage of H M S Endeavour 1768 - 1771. 366 tons, Lieutenant James Cook, 5 officers and 88 men; Joseph Banks, naturalist; Daniel Carl Solander, naturalist; Charles Green, astronomer; Sydney Parkinson, artist; Alexander Buchan, Artist; Diedrich Herman Sporing, assistant naturalist. Total 100 men.
She was commanded by Lieutenant James Cook on his first voyage to the Pacific and sailed from Deptford on 21 July 1768. A cat-built bark, she was of large capacity, but at the same time small enough to be maintained by her crew without dockyard support and therefore particularly suited for long range exploration.
On his first voyage, Cook was accompanied by wealthy young Mr. Joseph Banks aged 25, a Fellow and later President of the Royal Society, a keen natural historian and patron of science. Banks undertook the world voyage partly in place of making the fashionable Grand Tour of European capitals and partly to further scientific knowledge.
At his own expense Banks took with him naturalists and natural history artists to record in faithful and methodical detail the fauna, flora, sea-life, and peoples met with and their manner of living, both to provide a firmer basis for natural philosophy and to entertain his friends on his return.
Unfortunately, one artist, Buchan, died when Tahiti was reached in 1769, and the other, Parkinson, after leaving Batavia on the voyage home. It is, therefore, chiefly from published engravings of Parkinson's works made by other artists that western society got its first visual impression of the hitherto virtually unknown world of the South Pacific.
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December 20th, 2012
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Comments (23)
Gull G
Art provides an opportunity for kaleidoscopic thinking. Each time we shift the lens of our perceptions, we gain new perspectives — and new opportunities for innovation. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RECENT SALE OF AN WONDERFUL WORK!
Anthony Lyon
I lovely, serene painting. I really like your choice of colours James. Many congratulations.
Lazaro Hurtado
congrats!
James Williamson replied:
Lazaro: Thank you for your positive remarks. This is an oil painting and doing oils uses an entirely differnet part of my brain ! Jim
Patricia Trudell
All I can do is capture it with a camera and try to do the capture or post processing in an artistic way. Painting takes a special talent that i don't possess. :)
Patricia Trudell
Love it!
James Williamson replied:
Patricia: Thank you for your positive comment. i really appreciate it and it keeps me painting - Jim