Who accompanied Captain Cook on his second voyage to the Pacific (1772-75)?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → William Hodges
William Hodges was a British artist who accompanied Captain Cook on his second voyage to the Pacific (1772-75) and then came to India. In 1782 he travelled to the Jangal Mahals with Augustus Cleveland, the Collector of Bhagalpur, and painted scenes such as a hill village in Rajmahal.
NCERT (2025-26): “2.1 In the hills of Rajmahal … William Hodges was a British artist who accompanied Captain Cook on his second voyage to the Pacific (1772-75), and then came to India. In 1781 he became a friend of Augustus Cleveland, the Collector of Bhagalpur. On the invitation of Cleveland, Hodges accompanied him to the Jangal Mahals in 1782, and painted a set of aquatints. Like many other British painters of the time, Hodges searched for the picturesque. Artists in search of the picturesque were inspired by the ideals of Romanticism, a tradition of thought that celebrated nature and admired its magnificence and power.…”
Fig. 9.8 A view of a hill village in Rajmahal, painted by William Hodges, 1782 |
