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George Carter
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Death_of_Captain_James_Cook,_oil_on_canvas_by_George_Carter,_1783,_Bernice_P._Bishop_Museum.
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Death of Captain James Cook
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| Death of Captain James Cook, oil on canvas by George Carter, 1783, Bernice P. Bishop Museum.
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an artist of considerable merit, was born at Colchester. He was an exhibitor at the Royal Academy in 1775, when he sent 'A Wounded Hussar on the Field of Battle.' He afterwards painted 'The Dying Pilgrim,' 'The Siege of Gibraltar,' and many portraits. He is known as the painter of 'The Death of Captain Cook,' 'The Fisherman's Return,' and other popular works, which have been engraved. He died at Hendon in 1795.
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