John Webber
John Webber RA (London 6 October 1751 – 29 May 1793 London) was an English artist who accompanied Captain Cook on his third Pacific expedition. He is best known for his images of Australasia, Hawaii and Alaska.
Biography
Webber was born in London, educated in Bern and studied painting at Paris.
Webber served as official artist on James Cook's third voyage of discovery around the Pacific (1776–80) aboard HMS Resolution. At Adventure Bay in January 1777 he did drawings of "A Man of Van Diemen's Land" and "A Woman of Van Diemen's Land". He also did many drawings of scenes in New Zealand and the South Sea islands. On this voyage, during which Cook lost his life in a fight in Hawaii, Webber became the first European artist to make contact with Hawaii, then called the Sandwich Islands. He made numerous watercolor landscapes of the islands of Kauai and Hawaii, and also portrayed many of the Hawaiian people.
In April 1778, Captain Cook's ships Resolution and Discovery anchored at Ship Cove, now known as Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island, Canada to refit. The crew took observations and recorded encounters with the local people. Webber made watercolour landscapes including "Resolution and Discovery in Ship Cove, 1778". His drawings and paintings were engraved for British Admiralty's account of the expedition, which was published in 1784.
John Webber (politician)
John Webber (1841 – 12 March 1904) was a member of the Queensland Legislative Council.
Webber was born in Kingsbrompton, Somerset, in 1841 to Thomas Webber and his wife Ann (née Burston).
He was a member of the Thargomindah Divisional Board, the Rabbit Board, and from May 1899 till his death a member of the Queensland Legislative Council.
Webber married Henrietta Wells, in 1869 at Wanganella, New South Wales. He died on 12 March 1904, and was buried in Toowong Cemetery but later exhumed for burial elesewhere.
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