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[Resolution and Discovery in the Arctic Sea, 1781] / oil painting by Thomas Luny

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    [Resolution and Discovery in the Arctic Sea, 1781] / oil painting by Thomas Luny

    Call numbers

    ML 402

    Record identifier

    YdmdEKR9

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    [Resolution and Discovery in the Arctic Sea, 1781] / oil painting by Thomas Luny

    Full title

    [Resolution and Discovery in the Arctic Sea, 1781] / oil painting by Thomas Luny

    Author / Creator

    Luny, Thomas, 1759-1837

    Date

    1781

    Call Numbers

    ML 402

    Record Identifier

    YdmdEKR9

    Formats

    Pictures and Paintings

    — Physical Description

    Contents

    1 painting - 66 x 99.2 cm - oil on canvas, mauroflarged onto a wooden support

    — Other Descriptions

    Level of description

    Fonds

    Access and use

    Copying Conditions

    Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955

    Please acknowledge: : Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales

    Physical Access Conditions

    Access to this pictures collection via appointment only. Please submit your request through Ask a Librarian

    Issue Copy

    Digitised

    Subjects

    Subjects and topics

    Cook, James, 1728-1779. Arctic regions exploration ships voyages & travels David Scott Mitchell Collection. Discovery (ship : Captain = Charles Clerke) Resolution (Ship)

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    — SCOPE AND CONTENTS

    Contents

    This painting has traditionally been said to depict the Resolution and Adventure in the Southern Oceans (it was so described in the 1928 "Bibliography of Captain James Cook", published by the Public Library of New South Wales). A plaque on its early twentieth century frame titles it "The Resolution and Adventure in the Southern Ocean".
    However a...

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    Full title

    [Resolution and Discovery in the Arctic Sea, 1781] / oil painting by Thomas Luny

    — AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND CONTRIBUTORS

    Author / Creator

    — NOTES

    General note

    Digital order no:a128325

    Signature / Inscriptions

    Signed in black paint, at lower left, "T. Luny 1781"

    — CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION

    Source

    Bequeathed by D.S. Mitchell, 1900

    Exhibited in

    Captain Cook, R. N., the resolute mariner: an international record of oceanic discovery

    Identifiers

    — PRIMARY IDENTIFIERS

    Call Numbers

    ML 402

    Record Identifier

    YdmdEKR9

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    — OTHER IDENTIFIERS

    Reference code

    413024

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