C. Cook [Captain James Cook, between 1775 and 1800 / artist unknown]
C. Cook [Captain James Cook, between 1775 and 1800 / artist unknown]
About this item
Full title
Date
[between 1775 and 1800]
Call Numbers
DG 213
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 painting - 28 5/8 x 23 in. inside frame - oil
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Creator died before 1955
Please acknowledge: : Dixson Galleries, State Library of New South Wales
Physical Access Conditions
Access to this pictures collection via appointment only. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian
Issue Copy
Copy print : DG 213
Available on open access in the Mitchell Library Reading Room
Finding aids
Research notes available in Mitchell Library Reading Room , PXn 183
Subjects
More information
Alternative Titles
Full title
C. Cook [Captain James Cook, between 1775 and 1800 / artist unknown]
Variant title
Former title Captain James Cook / William Hodges. Title amended August 2019.
Notes
General note
An engraving of Captain James Cook by R. Thornton, similar to this painting, was published in G.W. Anderson, 'New, authentic and complete collection of voyages', 1784. The 1785 edition gives the source of this engraving as ‘from the Original Picture in the Possession of G. W. Anderson’.
Two photographs before cleaning at P1/Cook-Hodges/9-10. One bears Charles Holmes' opinion on the attribution, in his hand [not located August 2019].
Photograph taken after cleaning, 1957 at P1/Cook-Hodges/11. (N.S.W. Government Printer negative no. 48018) [not located August 2019]....
Signature / Inscriptions
Unsigned and undated. 'C. Cook' in lower right hand corner.
Attributions / Conjectures
Formerly attributed to William Hodges by Leger Gallery in 1934 because of its resemblance to the 1784 engraving of Captain James Cook by R. Thornton. A letter to the Mitchell Library, 1957, suggests that this painting is possibly by Johan Zoffany (see James Cook papers, 17---1959, Mitchell Library call no. A 1713/Box 6). Attribution amended to unkn...
Date note
Dated by Librarian, Collection Strategy & Development, based on note by Sir Charles Holmes that the portrait is 'practically contemporaneous with his voyages in the South Seas', in James Cook papers, 17---1959 (Mitchell Library call no. A 1713/Box 6).
Description source
Information transferred from Pictures Card Catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased from the Leger Gallery, 1935. Presented by Sir W. Dixson, 1935.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
DG 213
Record Identifier
nmQdxwxn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nmQdxwxn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
844792
How to access this item
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