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John Webber

Also known as: John Webber; primary name: Webber, John; other name: Webber, G; other name: Weber, John
Details: individual; painter/draughtsman; printmaker; British; Male
Life dates: 1751-1793
Address: 312 Oxford Street, London (in 1788-91)
Biography: Painter and etcher. Born in England to Swiss parents; trained in Switzerland under Aberli, and later spent five years in Paris. In London again in 1770s. Exhibited RA in 1776, which led to appointment to accompany Captain Cook on the 3rd voyage to the South Pacific 1776-80. On return produced drawings for the official publication, and later in 1787-92 published his own set of views of the South Seas. ARA 1785, RA 1791. Died in London of kidney disease, leaving a substantial estate which was sold by his brother in two sales at Cristie's, with the exception of his ethnographical collection which he bequeathed to the Library of Bern. The main collection of his South Seas drawings is not in the BM, but is in the British Library, see Add.Mss.15513-4 and Add.Ms.17277.

367 related objects

drawing; print study

Museum number: 1957,0705.54 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1770

drawing

Museum number: 1859,0709.104 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1790

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.364 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1776-1780

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.359 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1776-1780

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.363 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1776-1780

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.360 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1776-1780

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.361 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1776-1780

drawing

Museum number: 1859,0709.103 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1750-1793

drawing

Museum number: Oc2006,Drg.381 |
Production date: 19thC(late)

drawing

Museum number: 1859,0709.107 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1750-1793

drawing

Museum number: 1859,0709.106 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1790

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.365 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1777

drawing

Museum number: 1943,1113.135 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1752-1793

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.358 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1776-1780

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.362 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1777

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.371 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1778

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.375 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1778

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.379 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1776-1780

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.370 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1778

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.392 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1776-1780

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.386 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1778

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.391 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1779

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.373 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1778

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.384 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1777

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.374 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1778

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.387 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1778

drawing

Museum number: 1880,0214.319 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1752-1793

drawing

Museum number: 1859,0709.102 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1778

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.690 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1750-1793

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.382 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1777

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.372 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1777

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.366 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1778

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.398 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1778

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.390 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1776-1780

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.388 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1776-1780

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.397 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1776-1780

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.389 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1776-1780

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.383 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1778

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.402 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1776-1780

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.377 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1776-1780

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.394 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1779

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.399 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1778

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.396 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1777

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.385 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1776-1780

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.368 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1777

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.393 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1779

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.395 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1776-1780

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.367 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1777

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.376 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1777

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.369 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1776-1780

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.400 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1776-1780

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.380 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1777

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.381 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1778

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.403 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1777

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.378 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1777

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.401 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1776-1780

drawing

Museum number: 1859,0709.108 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1790

drawing

Museum number: 1880,0214.320 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1752-1793

drawing

Museum number: 1909,0703.2 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1752-1793

drawing

Museum number: 1859,0709.105 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1750-1793

drawing

Museum number: 1914,0520.692 |
Producer name: Drawn by:John WebberAfter:Captain Gordon |
Production date: 1750-1793

drawing

Museum number: 1868,0328.343 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1790

drawing

Museum number: 1859,0709.109 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1750-1793

drawing

Museum number: 1859,0709.110 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 1750-1793

photographic print

Museum number: Oc,B60.7 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 20thC

photographic print

Museum number: Oc,B60.8 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Drawn by:John Webber |
Production date: 20thC

photographic print

Museum number: Oc,B60.17 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 Painted by:John Webber |
Production date: 20thC

print

Title: View in Otahaite |
Museum number: 1872,0713.555 |
Producer name: Print made by:John WebberPublished by:John Webber |
Production date: 1777-1786 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A View in the Island of Cracatoa |
Museum number: 1870,0514.476 |
Producer name: Print made by:John WebberPublished by:John Webber |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A Sailing Canoe of Otaheite |
Museum number: 1872,0713.543 |
Producer name: Print made by:John WebberPublished by:John Webber |
Production date: 1792 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A View in Matavai, Otaheite |
Museum number: 1872,0713.546 |
Producer name: Print made by:John WebberPrint made by:Maria Catharina Prestel |
Production date: 1797 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The apotheosis of Captain Cook |
Museum number: 1867,1214.281 |
Producer name: After:John WebberAfter:Philip James de Loutherbourg |
Production date: 1794 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: The Fan Palm |
Museum number: 1872,0713.561 |
Producer name: Print made by:John WebberPublished by:John Webber |
Production date: 1788 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: View of the Harbour of Taloo, in the Island of Eimeo |
Museum number: 1872,0713.568 |
Producer name: Print made by:John WebberPublished by:John Webber |
Production date: 1789 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: A View in Pulo Condore |
Museum number: 1872,0713.553 |
Producer name: Print made by:John WebberPrint made by:Maria Catharina Prestel |
Production date: 1787 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Title: An Opossum of Van Diemen's Land |
Museum number: Oc2006,Prt.145 |
Producer name: After:John WebberPrint made by:Peter Mazell |
Production date: 1784

print

Title: A FIATOOKA, or MORAI, in TONGATABOO. |
Museum number: Oc2006,Prt.159 |
Producer name: After:John WebberPrint made by:William Ellis |
Production date: 1785 |
Production place: Printed in:London (England)

print

Title: A View in Oheitepeha Bay, in the Island of Otaheite |
Museum number: 1872,0713.545 |
Producer name: Print made by:John WebberPublished by:John Webber |
Production date: 1791 |
Production place: Published in:London (England)

print

Museum number: Oc2006,Prt.127 |
Producer name: After:John WebberPrint made by:John Keyse Sherwin |
Production date: 1785

print; costume print; newspaper/periodical

Title: A Man of Sandwich Islands |
Museum number: 1875,0213.249 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 After:John Webber |
Production date: 1785

print

Title: Poulaho, King of the Friendly Islands, drinking KAVA. |
Museum number: Oc2006,Prt.154 |
Producer name: After:John WebberPrint made by:William Sharp |
Production date: 1785

print

Title: A Man of Kamtschatka, travelling in Winter |
Museum number: 1957,0705.42 |
Producer name: After:John WebberPrint made by:Samuel Middiman |
Production date: 1784

print

Museum number: 1977,U.815 |
Producer name: Print made by:John Taylor WedgwoodAfter:John Keyse Sherwin |
Production date: 1798

print

Title: A Man from Oonalashka |
Museum number: 1841,0313.57 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SharpAfter:John Webber |
Production date: 1784

print

Title: The Inside of a Winter Habitation, in Kamtschatka |
Museum number: 1853,1210.364 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SharpAfter:John Webber |
Production date: 1784

print

Title: A Night Dance by Women, in Hapaee |
Museum number: 1841,0313.72 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SharpAfter:John Webber |
Production date: 1784

print; costume print; newspaper/periodical

Title: A Man & Woman of Prince William's Pound |
Museum number: 1875,0710.5764 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 After:John Webber |
Production date: 1784-1800

print

Title: A Human Sacrifice, in a Morai, in Otaheite |
Museum number: 1868,0808.3153 |
Producer name: Print made by:William WoollettAfter:John Webber |
Production date: 1784

print

Title: A View of Karakooa, in Owyhee |
Museum number: 1877,0609.2000 |
Producer name: After:John WebberPrint made by:William Byrne |
Production date: 1784

print

Title: The Inside of a Winter Habitation, in Kamtschatka |
Museum number: 1841,0313.76 |
Producer name: Print made by:William SharpAfter:John Webber |
Production date: 1784

print; costume print; newspaper/periodical

Museum number: 1873,0712.628 |
Producer name: BIOG50549 After:John Webber |
Production date: 1784-1800

print

Title: A View at Bolcheretzkoi, in Kamtschatka |
Museum number: 1957,0705.35 |
Producer name: After:John WebberPrint made by:Peter Paul Benazech |
Production date: 1783

print

Title: The Reception of Captain Cook, in Hapaee |
Museum number: Oc2006,Prt.184 |
Producer name: After:John WebberPrint made by:James Heath |
Production date: 1785

print

Title: A CANOE of the SANDWICH ISLANDS, the Rowers Masked. |
Museum number: Oc2006,Prt.194 |
Producer name: After:John WebberPrint made by:Charles Grignion |
Production date: 1785

print

Title: The Natche, a ceremony in honour of the King's son, in Tongataboo |
Museum number: Oc2006,Prt.183 |
Producer name: After:John WebberPrint made by:John Hall |
Production date: 1785

print

Title: A Man of the Sandwich Islands, in a Mask. |
Museum number: Oc2006,Prt.202 |
Producer name: After:John WebberPrint made by:Thomas Cook |
Production date: 1874

print

Title: A View of Christmas Harbour, in Kerguelen's Land |
Museum number: 1977,U.943 |
Producer name: After:John WebberPrint made by:James Newton |
Production date: 1784

print

Title: The Inside of a Hippah, in New Zeeland |
Museum number: 1957,0705.28 |
Producer name: After:John WebberPrint made by:Benjamin Pouncy |
Production date: 1784

print

Title: A CANOE of the SANDWICH ISLANDS, the Rowers Masked. |
Museum number: Oc2006,Prt.205 |
Producer name: After:John WebberPrint made by:Charles Grignion |
Production date: 1785

print

Title: A boxing match at Hapaee, one of the Friendly Islands. |
Museum number: Oc2006,Prt.181 |
Producer name: After:John WebberPrint made by:Ambrose William Warren |
Production date: 1817