# Official portrait of Captain James Cook

[View the canonical artwork record](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dance-holland-nathaniel-rcdf418d4ffd2b3/official-portrait-of-captain-james-cook-r381d09a62b8b71>)

## Artwork

- Artist: [DANCE-HOLLAND, Nathaniel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dance-holland-nathaniel-rcdf418d4ffd2b3>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 127 x 102 cm

## Commentary

Captain James Cook \(1728-1779\) was a British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy. Cook made detailed maps of Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean, during which he achieved the first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia and the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand.

## Related artworks

- [Conversation Piece](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dance-holland-nathaniel-rcdf418d4ffd2b3/conversation-piece-rd154224244d66a>)
- [Portrait of Anne, Countess of Albemarle](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dance-holland-nathaniel-rcdf418d4ffd2b3/portrait-of-anne-countess-of-albemarle-r847317010d85e5>)
- [Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Compton, Later Countess of Burlington](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dance-holland-nathaniel-rcdf418d4ffd2b3/portrait-of-lady-elizabeth-compton-later-countess-of-burlington-r4e27c1c008151c>)
- [Portrait of Mrs Paterson](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dance-holland-nathaniel-rcdf418d4ffd2b3/portrait-of-mrs-paterson-rca3bece150a7bb>)
- [Self-Portrait](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dance-holland-nathaniel-rcdf418d4ffd2b3/self-portrait-r6cf06be84ad154>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)