Title: Supposed Portrait of Captain John Gore
Date: 1786
Medium: Watercolour on ivory
Signed: centre left: M.R.1786
Credit Line: Presented, Laurence J. Gore Capron, 2009
Object Number: NGI.2009.2
DescriptionThis miniature portrait is by an artist known only by his initials M.R. According to tradition this is a portrait of John Gore, an officer in the British Navy, who accompanied Captain Cook on his expeditions in the South Seas. The miniature is a mourning medallion, created as a means of remembering a loved one after death. The reverse features a woman in classical dress leaning on a funerary urn beside a weeping willow. The elaborate design is created through a combination of finely cut hair, ink and gold insertions.
ProvenancePresented, Laurence J. Gore Capron, 2009

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