• Title
  Captain / James Cook / 17 Born 27 / Murdered / On St. Valentines Day / At / Owhyhee. / 1779 [watercolour on ivory miniature, ca. 1780]
• Call number
  MIN 116
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1780
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  431169
• Issue Copy
  Digitised : 2014
  
• Physical Description
  1 watercolour - on ivory miniature encased in oval shaped gilt frame with glass front. At the top centre of the frame are two metal loops to suspend or hang frame. - 7.7 x 6.3 cm. (loop height 1.2 cm.)
  
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• General note
  
  Henry M.C. Alexander believed that the portrait was painted by John Singleton Copley the elder.
  Digital order no:Album ID : 874464
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Titled from engraving on reverse of metal frame.
• Subject
  Cook, James, 1728-1779.
  
• Topic
  miniatures
  naval officers
  portraits
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Eora: Mapping Aboriginal Sydney, 1770-1850 - State Library of New South Wales (5 June - 13 August, 2006)
  Learning Services Program display 2014-2015 - State Library of New South Wales (January, 2014 - January, 2015)

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