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Portrait of Dr Johann Reinhold Forster and his son George Forster, 1780 (detail)

Jean François Rigaud
Purchased with funds provided by the Liangis family, the Ian Potter Foundation and John Schaeffer AO, 2009

To the end of the earth
(More information, View all 4 images)

Cook, the Discoverer Des Capitain Jacob Cooks Entdeckungs-Reise

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Portrait of Dr Johann Reinhold Forster and his son George Forster, c. 1780 Jean Francois Rigaud

To the end of the earth

Magazine article by Dr Sarah Engledow, 2009

The portrait of Dr. Johann Reinhold Forster and his son George Forster from 1780, is one of the oldest in the NPG's collection.

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