Captain Cook

Colored stipple engraving from book by J. Chapman (after Nathaniel Dance), published Sepr. 20, 1800; oval bust portrait in uniform, hatless; below, small vignette of death of Cook showing Cook holding up his hand in an attempt to stop two soldiers firing upon the mob of Hawaiians who are attacking him. Illustration to the 'Encyclopedia Londinensis' (1800). Colored stipple engraving from book by J. Chapman (after Nathaniel Dance), published Sepr. 20, 1800; oval bust portrait in uniform, hatless; below, small vignette of death of Cook showing Cook holding up his hand in an attempt to stop two soldiers firing upon the mob of Hawaiians who are attacking him. Illustration to the 'Encyclopedia Londinensis' (1800). Small upright, matted; plate mark, margins intact; clean. N.Y., Hobby Shoppe, 1947.

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Original record: Captain Cook
Collection: Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
Date(s): 1728 – 1779
Usage: Collection is open for research.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
Creator(s): Chapman, John, active 1792-1823 (engraver)
Dance, Nathaniel, 1735-1811 (artist)
Wilkes, J., active 1793-1820 (publisher)
Subject(s): 19Th Century
Cook, James
N.Y., Hobby Shoppe
Portraits
Stipple Engravings (Prints)

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