Portrait of James Cook
Date
ca. 18th century
Sitter
James Cook (1728 - 1779, British) , Naval officer
Creator
Unknown, Printmaker
After
Nathaniel Dance-Holland (1735 - 1811, British) , Artist
Object type
Image reference
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 130mm
width (print): 105mm
height (paper support): 220mm
width (paper support): 153mm
width (print): 105mm
height (paper support): 220mm
width (paper support): 153mm
Subject
Description
Half-length portrait of James Cook in Royal Naval uniform, he is facing slightly to the viewer’s right.
Inscribed ‘CAPTAIN COOK’ on separate paper and pasted below, and pencilled 1776’ on paper support.
James Cook (1728-1779), British explorer, known for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to Australia, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1776.
Cook’s first voyage, on board HMS Endeavour, was initially planned by the Royal Society as part of its observation of the 1769 transit of Venus. During this voyage, Cook is known to have acted on a second set of orders from the Admitalty to explore, claim resources and trade in the 'unknown southern land', Terra Australis Incognita.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.11.
Inscribed ‘CAPTAIN COOK’ on separate paper and pasted below, and pencilled 1776’ on paper support.
James Cook (1728-1779), British explorer, known for his three voyages between 1768 and 1779 in the Pacific Ocean and to Australia, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1776.
Cook’s first voyage, on board HMS Endeavour, was initially planned by the Royal Society as part of its observation of the 1769 transit of Venus. During this voyage, Cook is known to have acted on a second set of orders from the Admitalty to explore, claim resources and trade in the 'unknown southern land', Terra Australis Incognita.
Provenance: Noted in Catalogue of the prints in the possession of the Royal Society, by Henry George Plimmer FRS (1856-1918), manuscript, p.11.
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