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Captain James Cook FRS, 1784
Thomas Cook
Portrait, engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Gina and Ted Gregg 2010
Captain James Cook RN
Biography
James Cook (1728-1779), maritime explorer, surveyed and claimed the east coast of Australia on the first of his three great voyages of discovery in the Pacific.
12 portraits in the collection
Portrait of Captain James Cook RN, 1782
John Webber
Portrait, oil on canvas
Purchased by the Commonwealth Government with the generous assistance of Robert Oatley AO and John Schaeffer AO 2000
Jasperware medallion of Captain James Cook, 1779
Wedgwood and Bentley
Portrait, white on blue Jasper Ware in oval shaped wood and gilt frame
Purchased with funds provided by Robert Oatley AO 2007
The Royal Society medal in commemoration of Captain James Cook, 1784
Lewis Pingo
Portrait, silver medal
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Robert Oatley AO 2007
Captain Cook
'The photojournalists of their time'
Portrait story
An exploration of the role of artists such as John Webber who, whilst a member of Cook’s crew over many voyages, created paintings and drawings of the situations and people the explorers encountered.
The hand of Captain Cook
Google Arts and Culture
Learning resources
Take a close look at a portrait with a hidden message in its hands. For Year 7 – 9 students.
Le Cap.ne Jacques Cook, Membre de la Société Royale des Londres, c. 1778
Robert Bénard
Portrait, engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Gift of Gina and Ted Gregg 2010
'The portraits of Captain Cook'
An interview with Betty Churcher
Portrait story
Betty Churcher describes the creation of the portrait of Captain James Cook in the National Portrait Gallery.
Captain Cook's Tablet at Cape Solander, Botany Bay, New South Wales, 1839
G E. Madeley after John Lhotsky
Portrait, lithograph on paper
Purchased 2018
Captain James Cook, engraving after John Webber, 1784
Francesco Bartolozzi after John Webber
Portrait, engraving on paper
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Robert Oatley AO 2007
View of Owhyhee in the Sandwich Islands in the south Seas (The Death of Cook), 1787-1788
Francis Jukes after John Cleveley
Portrait, aquatint, hand coloured on paper
Purchased with funds provided by the Liangis family 2012
Cook in context
Magazine article by Diana Warnes, 2007
Robert Oatley's continuing benefaction has helped the National Portrait Gallery acquire works that add another layer to the story of Captain Cook.
Capturing Cook
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2003
In focussing on the importance of gifts in the building of the collection, prominence must be given to the most spectacular of the National Portrait Gallery's acquisitions; the portrait of Captain James Cook RN by John Webber R.A.
Cook, n.d.
an unknown artist after Antoine Maurin
Portrait, engraving, hand coloured on paper
Gift of Ted and Gina Gregg 2012
Thrown together
Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2009
Shipmates for years, James Cook and Joseph Banks each kept a journal but neither man shed light on their relationship.