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John Webber RA (6 October 1751 [1] – 29 May 1793) 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 .
Princess Poedua by John Webber, 1777.. Poedua (circa 1758 – ?) was a princess, daughter of Orea (Orio), King of Ulietea (). [1] She was taken hostage together with her father, brother, and husband during the third voyage of James Cook in exchange for two sailors that had deserted onto the island. [2]
Silvia Hector Webber (1807 – ca. 1892) and John Fernando Webber (ca. 1786–1795 – 1882) were a mixed-race couple who were among the initial settlers in Austin's Colony in Travis County, Texas. John, previously a private and a medic during the War of 1812 , was the first non-native resident and the founder of Webber's Prairie, where he had ...
His father owned a plantation, relying on the labor of enslaved people. Nathaniel was raised in Alabama. [1] He developed a relationship with Matilda Hicks, an enslaved woman on the Jackson's plantation. [1] [5] She was born around 1801. [6] Their first child was born around 1829. [5] In 1840 and 1850, Nathaniel lived in Wilcox, Alabama.
The rare document, on display at the Briscoe Center, provides new insight about Webber and her husband, John, who was white. “Silvia Hector Webber was a remarkable person,” exhibit curator ...
He was an active member of the Academy and sat on several important committees, including the one which determined where artworks would be hung during the exhibitions. He also acted as executor for the estate of fellow Academician, John Webber. [4] In 1793 he became a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and helped establish the British ...
Why Andrew Webber — a successful attorney, decorated vet, and a father to two little girls — committed his life to a foreign war.
Webber's father was William R. Webber (Teignmouth 1806 – Tavistock 1874), [3] a carver who in 1861 was also an emigration depot master in East Stonehouse, Devon. His mother was Hadassah Seward (Teignmouth 13 March 1822 – Knaresborough 1905), [4] a matron of the emigration depot. [5] [nb 1] William John Seward Webber was born in Exeter in ...