Lewis Pingo’s Royal Society Medal is the Society’s formal memorial to Cook. The commissioning of the medal was largely thanks to Sir Joseph Banks, who personally supervised its production and distribution to coincide with the publication of the narrative of the tragic third voyage.
Collection: National Portrait Gallery
Purchased with funds provided by Robert Oatley AO 2007
Accession number: 2007.30
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On one level The Companion talks about the most famous and frontline Australians, but on another it tells us about ourselves: who we read, who we watch, who we listen to, who we cheer for, who we aspire to be, and who we'll never forget. The Companion is available to buy online and in the Portrait Gallery Store.
Betty Churcher describes the creation of the portrait of Captain James Cook in the National Portrait Gallery.
An exploration of the role of artists such as John Webber who, whilst a member of Cook’s crew over many voyages, created paintings and drawings of the situations and people the explorers encountered.
Celebrating a new painted portrait of Joseph Banks, Sarah Engledow spins a yarn of the naturalist, the first kangaroo in France and Don, a Spanish ram.
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