John Webber, 1780 - Portrait of Captain James Cook - fine art print

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Detailed product specifications

This over 240 year old piece of art Portrait of Captain James Cook was painted by the rococo painter John Webber. The version of the artpiece measures the size image: 695mm (width), 1095mm (height) and was painted with the technique oil on canvas. Nowadays, this artpiece is in the the collection of Museum of New Zealand - Te Papa Tongarewa, which is the national museum of New Zealand, with a great collection of artworks that contain deep ancestral links to the indigenous Māori population of New Zealand. We are pleased to state that this artpiece, which belongs to the public domain is being included with courtesy of Portrait of Captain James Cook, 1780, by John Webber. Gift of the New Zealand Government, 1960. Te Papa (1960-0013-1). The creditline of the artpiece is the following: Gift of the New Zealand Government, 1960. Furthermore, alignment is portrait and has an aspect ratio of 1 : 1.4, which means that the length is 29% shorter than the width. John Webber was a painter, printmaker, whose art style was primarily Rococo. The British painter lived for 42 years - born in 1751 in London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom and died in 1793.

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In the dropdown selection next to the product you can choose your favorite size and material. The following sizes and materials are the options we offer you for individualization:

  • Aluminium print (aluminium dibond): Aluminium Dibond prints are prints on metal with a true depth effect, which creates a modern impression with a non-reflective surface structure. For your Print On Aluminum Dibond, we print your selected artpiece onto the aluminium surface.
  • Poster print (canvas material): Our poster is a UV printed flat canvas with a slightly roughened structure on the surface, which resembles the actual artwork. Please note, that depending on the size of the poster we add a white margin between 2-6cm round about the print motif in order to facilitate the framing.
  • Print on acrylic glass: An acrylic glass print, which is often referred to as a an art print on plexiglass, will turn the artwork into great home decoration. Your favorite work of art is being printed with state-of-the-art UV printing technology. This has the image effect of stunning, intense colors.
  • Canvas: The printed canvas material applied on a wooden stretcher frame. Additionally, a canvas creates a soft and positive look. Hanging a canvas print: The advantage of canvas prints is that they are relatively low in weight. That means, it is easy to hang up the Canvas print without additional wall-mounts. Canvas prints are suited for any type of wall.

Legal disclaimer: We try everything to depict the products as clearly as possible and to demonstrate them visually on the product detail pages. At the same time, the pigments of the print materials, as well as the print result might diverge somehwat from the image on your monitor. Depending on the settings of your screen and the quality of the surface, color pigments may not be printed 100% realistically. Since all the fine art prints are printed and processed by hand, there may also be minor differences in the motif's size and exact position.

The product specs

Product type: art print
Reproduction method: digital reproduction
Production technique: UV direct printing (digital print)
Product Origin: manufactured in Germany
Stock type: on demand
Proposed product use: art collection (reproductions), home design
Alignment of the image: portrait format
Side ratio: 1 : 1.4
Image aspect ratio interpretation: the length is 29% shorter than the width
Material variants: poster print (canvas paper), metal print (aluminium dibond), acrylic glass print (with real glass coating), canvas print
Canvas on stretcher frame (canvas print) variants: 50x70cm - 20x28", 100x140cm - 39x55"
Acrylic glass print (with real glass coating) sizes: 50x70cm - 20x28", 100x140cm - 39x55"
Poster print (canvas paper) size options: 50x70cm - 20x28"
Aluminium print size variants: 50x70cm - 20x28", 100x140cm - 39x55"
Frame: not included

Artpiece details

Painting name: "Portrait of Captain James Cook"
Categorization: painting
General term: classic art
Artwork century: 18th century
Created in the year: 1780
Artwork age: 240 years
Painted on: oil on canvas
Original dimensions: image: 695mm (width), 1095mm (height)
Exhibited in: Museum of New Zealand - Te Papa Tongarewa
Location of museum: Te Aro, Wellington, New Zealand
Website of Museum: www.tepapa.govt.nz
License type: public domain
Courtesy of: Portrait of Captain James Cook, 1780, by John Webber. Gift of the New Zealand Government, 1960. Te Papa (1960-0013-1)
Creditline: Gift of the New Zealand Government, 1960

Artist summary

Artist: John Webber
Alias names: Webber, Wäber Johann, John Webber, Webber R. A., Weeber, Webber R.A., Webber John
Artist gender: male
Nationality of artist: British
Jobs: printmaker, painter
Country of origin: the United Kingdom
Artist classification: old master
Styles: Rococo
Died at the age of: 42 years
Born in the year: 1751
Birthplace: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom
Died in the year: 1793
Place of death: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

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Supplementary description from the museum's website (© - Museum of New Zealand - Te Papa Tongarewa - www.tepapa.govt.nz)

Portrait of Captain James Cook, circa 1780, England, by John Webber. Gift of the New Zealand Government, 1960. Te Papa (1960-0013-1)

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