• Title
  [Captain James Cook - watercolour on ivory miniature in circular frame]
• Call number
  MIN 85
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1780-1784
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Watercolours
• Reference code
  202026
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Drawings - 1 watercolour on ivory miniature encased in circular shaped wooden frame with glass front. The ivory has been mounted onto card and the reverse of the frame is exposed without a fixed backing. The frame has carved circular ridges. - 7.3 x 7.4 cm. (drawing) - Max Diam. 9.7 (frame)
  
• Scope and Content
  In this portrait, James Cook wears a captain's full-dress uniform, a grey wig (or his own hair is powdered), and is seated to the left, facing the right.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• General note
  
  The drawing is similar to a Cook portrait by Nathaniel Dance-Holland (1735-1811), held at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England.
  This miniature was one of five of Captain Cook bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell in 1907. -- Reference: The Public Library of New South Wales : annual report of the Trustees for the year ended 31st December 1908. Sydney : Public Library of New South Wales. Trustees, 1909.
  Digital order no:a128550
• Subject
  Cook, James, 1728-1779.
  David Scott Mitchell Collection.
  
• Topic
  miniatures
  naval officers
  portraits
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1947487

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