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
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McCarthy served his country as a sergeant in the Army in the Vietnam War from 1966 to 1968. His basic training was at Fort Dix, N.J., before he shipped out first to Alaska from McGuire Air Force Base. We were drinking at a bar and this civilian who was working on the pipeline was bombed and said he wanted to go with us to Vietnam, said McCarthy, than laughed. We wrapped him in an overcoat and snuck him on the plane. . The pilot said he didn t have to pay for his flight over but had to pay for the return trip. It made the news.