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Portrait of Captain James Cook: P.11656-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Portrait of Captain James Cook

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Sherwin, William
Painter: Dance-Holland, Nathaniel (After)

Entities

Categories

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1915) by Middleton-Wake, Charles H.

Dating

18th Century
Production date: AD 1784

Note

Proof, with artists' names only.

School or Style

British

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.11656-R
Primary reference Number: 169908
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 4 June 2018 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

This record can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Portrait of Captain James Cook" Web page available at: https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/169908 Accessed: 2024-04-25 21:36:54

Citation for Wikipedia

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{{cite web|url=https://collection.beta.fitz.ms/id/object/169908 |title=Portrait of Captain James Cook |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-04-25 21:36:54|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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