Photograph of portrait of Captain James Cook / attributed to Nathaniel Dance
Photograph of portrait of Captain James Cook / attributed to Nathaniel Dance
Photograph of portrait of Captain James Cook / attributed to Nathaniel Dance
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Date
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Call Numbers
DL Pd 667
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Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
1 photograph - size of original 37 1/2 x 52 1/2 in.
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Level of description
Fonds
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Issue Copy
Digitised
Subjects
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Photograph of photograph of oil on canvas.
Shows Cook seated with arm resting on map. Map, hat and book are on a bale. Another bale behind Cook. Seascape with ships on left.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Photograph of portrait of Captain James Cook / attributed to Nathaniel Dance
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
Signature / Inscriptions
Title lettered below portrait (it is not clear whether part f portrait or of frame)
Description source
Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009.
Object History
The portrait was in the possession of Colnaghi and Abach ca. 1907 and the photograph from which this one was taken was supplied by them to the library of Sir Robert Witt. Colnaghi in 1937 had no record of the whereabouts of the painting, but it appears to be the portrait described as a contemporary copy now (1969) in the National Library of Austral...
Contextual Information
Source
Bequeathed by Sir William Dixson, 1952
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DL Pd 667
Record Identifier
1l4dXOe1
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1l4dXOe1
Other Identifiers
Reference code
836910
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