Apotheosis of Captain Cook by Philip James de Loutherbourg

Engraving of Captain Cook carried to the clouds by allegorical figures, with a volcano and sailing ships below.

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This engraved print titled Apotheosis of Captain Cook, designed by Philip James de Loutherbourg, shows a reclining man in eighteenth-century dress being lifted into the clouds by a winged figure blowing a trumpet while a helmeted allegorical woman supports him. Below, a volcanic peak rises above a bay where two sailing ships and small boats are anchored near a smoky shore.

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1794

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Wikimedia Commons

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Public domain

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