M0002372: Portrait of Captain Cook (1728-1779) / M0002373: Portrait of Captain John Hawkins (1532-1595)

Date:
25 September 1931
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/20/44
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About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Portrait of Captain Cook
Previous title, replaced May 2020: Captain John Hawkins

Description

Left-hand side of the plate: Photograph of an engraving of Captain James Cook (1728-1779), explorer, by J. Thomson,1794, after Sir N. Dance-Holland, 1776, in oval with caption underneath. Related Images: V0001225. Right-hand side of the plate: Photograph of an engraving of Captain John Hawkins (1532-1595), privateer. This reproduction was made from an unidentified source.

Publication/Creation

25 September 1931

Physical description

2 photographs on 1 plate glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative:2013i

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

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Where to find it

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