• Title
  [Captain James Cook - oil miniature on wooden box]
• Call number
  MIN 82
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Paintings
• Reference code
  431172
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 painting - oil on lid of wooden box. The box is lacquered black and rectangular shaped with hinged lid. The outside edges of the lid are decorated with inlaid metal scroll work. - 5.6 x 3.5 cm. (drawing) - 9.4 x 6.5 cm. (box)
  
• Scope and Content
  James Cook faces to the left and wears a captain's full-dress uniform.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Artist died before 1955
• General note
  
  This object was possibly made as a commemorative piece.
  The drawing is based on a Cook portrait by Nathaniel Dance-Holland (1735-1811), held at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.
  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:Album ID : 846094
• Subject
  Cook, James, 1728-1779.
  David Scott Mitchell Collection.
  
• Topic
  miniatures
  naval officers
  personal effects
  portraits
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Great collections - Museums & Galleries NSW (12 December, 2008 - 30 August, 2009)
  Learning Services Program display 2014-2015 - State Library of New South Wales (January, 2014 - January, 2015)

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