Woman of Sta Christina

This engraving, after drawings by artist William Hodges, is in John Hawkesworth's account (1773) of the voyages of Captain James Cook, Joseph Banks and Captain John Byron.

Captain James Cook (1728-1779) made three separate voyages to the Pacific (with the ships Endeavour, Resolution, Adventure, and Discovery) and did more than any other voyager to explore the Pacific and Southern Ocean. Cook not only encountered Pacific cultures for the first time, but also assembled the first large-scale collections of Pacific objects to be brought back to Europe. He was killed in Hawaii in 1779.

William Hodges (1744 - 1797) joined Cook's second expedition to the South Pacific as a draughtsman 1772-75 and was employed by the Admiralty in finishing his drawings.

Cook traveled to the Marquesas in March of 1774. The drawing was likely done by Hodges between the 8th and 12th of April, 1774; the engraving was done after a lost original.

This is the second of two such engravings.
Mounted in album with PAI3938-PAI4057, PAI4059-PAI4076.; Page 107.

Object Details

ID: PAI4058
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Hall, John
Date made: 16 Jul 1776
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Sheet: 552 x 340 mm; Plate: 300 x 250 mm
Parts: Atlas to Cook's Voyages Vol I 1773-1777. (Illustrations are from Hawkesworth's 'Voyages to the Southern Hemisphere', all volumes, and Cook [ed. Douglas] 'A Voyage towards the South Pole... ' [1773-75], page 70 onwards) (Album)