# Conversation Piece

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## Artwork

- Artist: [DANCE-HOLLAND, Nathaniel](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dance-holland-nathaniel-rcdf418d4ffd2b3>)
- Date: 1751-1800
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 51 x 67 cm

## Commentary

This picture had traditionally been identified \(with no plausibility whatsoever\) as &#34;Captain Cook and his friend.&#34; However, the two gentlemen are now identified as Captain \(later Admiral\) Sir George Pocock \(1706-1792\) and Captain Digby Dent \(died 1761\). They are in an interior, before a painting of the bombardment of the Iron Castle at Portobello of November 1739.

## Related artworks

- [Official portrait of Captain James Cook](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/dance-holland-nathaniel-rcdf418d4ffd2b3/official-portrait-of-captain-james-cook-r381d09a62b8b71>)
- [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>)