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Many happy returns Cap'n!
Behind the scenes
Today is the birthday of Captain James Cook FRS RN (1728–1779).
He crops up in our collection in different ways, from Marian Maguire's ironic placement of him adjacent to ancient Greeks, to Blythe Flectcher's romanticism, to T.P. Sewell's documentary photograph.
Marian Maguire A portrait of Captain James Cook with a Classical Urn from the Collection of the Admiralty. Lithograph. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū, purchased 2005
T.P. Sewell James Cook. Photograph. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
Blythe Fletcher Mount Cook. Gouache. Collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
Many happy returns on this, your 283rd birthday.
