• Title
  Royal Society's Medal in commemoration of Captain Cook / Lewis Pingo
• Creator
  Lewis Pingo, b.1743
• Call number
  DL Pd 672
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  No date
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Prints
• Reference code
  846445
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 print - hand-coloured
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Lewis Pingo (1743-1830) designed the medal which was struck for the Royal Society in commemoration of Captain Cook. This medal bears a profile portrait of Cook which resembles the Dance portrait rather than those by Hodges and Webber. Pingo was chief engraver to the Royal Mint.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Creator died before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Dixson Library, State Library of New South Wales
• Description source
  
  Information transferred from pictures card catalogue as part of the eRecords Project, 2008-2009
• General note
  
  Original medals designed by Lewis Pingo located at R380 - R388
• Name
  Royal Society (Great Britain)
  
• Subject
  Cook, James, 1728-1779.
  
• Topic
  medals
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE8777540

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