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John Hamilton Mortimer (1740-1779), Captain James Cook, Sir Joseph Banks, Lord Sandwich, Dr Daniel Solander and Dr John Hawkesworth, c. 1771, oil on canvas, nla.pic-an7351768 ....
John Hamilton Mortimer and the discovery of Captain Cook John Hamilton Mortimer (1740-1779), Captain James Cook, Sir Joseph Banks, Lord Sandwich, Dr Daniel Solander and Dr John Hawkesworth, c. 1771, oil on canvas, nla.pic-an7351768 The National Library of Australia holds within its large collection of artworks a most intriguing eighteenth century painting, the bequest of Dame Merlyn Myer. A beautiful work in good condition, the painting is unsigned and lacks its original title. Early research into the painting revealed that it had hung unremarked in private collections for 150 years and then suffered a misattribution to Johann Zoffany which, while initially inflating its value in the art market, had obscured the painting’s true identity and significance. Rejection of the Zoffany attribution also cast doubt on the subjects Joseph Banks and Captain Cook and the date 1771 ....
Posted: Jan 01, 2021 6:00 AM NT | Last Updated: January 1 Latonia Hartery, seen on Ellesmere Island surveying archeological sites at Alexandra Fjord, presents a new CBC Radio documentary on women who explored Canada s North. (Daniel J Catt) Even though many of us would consider Amelia Earhart an explorer, she was never accepted into the famed, New York-based Explorers Club, which banned women until 1981. What about archeologist Anne Stine Ingstad, who excavated the Viking site at L Anse aux Meadows, in northern Newfoundland? Her history-changing accomplishment is often attributed solely to her husband Helge, who wasn t even an archeologist. What about Mi kmaw midwife Mary Webb, a multi-lingual outdoorswoman who delivered 700 babies travelling hundreds of kilometres on foot or dog sled should she be considered an explorer? ....