Joseph Banks Esq.
London, W. Dickinson, 30 January, 1774.
Sitting confidently, one hand rests on a pile of scientific papers, an inscription upon which reads 'cras ingens iterabimus aequor' (from Horace's Odes and translated as 'tomorrow we'll sail the vasty deep again'). This inscription reveals Banks' ambition for further adventures, however the mezzotint was published after Cook's departure on his Second Voyage in May 1772 without Banks, after the Admiralty had rejected Banks's request for an extra deck to be constructed on board the Resolution for himself, his team and their equipment.
Fine mezzotint engraving, 500 x 355mm (plate size), 705 by 520mm (sheet size), mounted.
Beddie, 4203.
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