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EARLY ENGRAVING OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK

EARLY ENGRAVING OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK
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EARLY ENGRAVING OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK
EARLY ENGRAVING OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK
EARLY ENGRAVING OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK
EARLY ENGRAVING OF CAPTAIN JAMES COOK

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This portrait sensitively rendered by noted engraver James Basire from a painting by William Hodges, official artist of Cook's second voyage; copperplate engraving of 1777 and published by Shraham and Cadell in 1784; presented in fine condition and housed in custom sacred Koa wood frame, image size 26.7 x 20.3cm (10 1/2 x 8in); frame outer dimensions 54.6 x 47cm (21 1/2 x 18 1/2in); Certificate of Authenticity verso from Lahaina Printsellers Ltd., Maui, Hawaii; insurance valuation in 2002 of $850.00 US