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Tim Thompson (b.1951)
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Tim Thompson (b.1951)

Discovery and Resolution in company at sea

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Tim Thompson (b.1951)
Discovery and Resolution in company at sea
signed and inscribed 'Tim Thompson' (lower right) and 'Discovery and Resolution' (lower left)
oil on board
8 x 10 in. (20.4 x 25.4 cm.)
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

拍品專文

H.M. Ships Resolution and Discovery were the two vessels selected by Captain James Cook for his third and last voyage of exploration, to try and find the elusive North West Passage from the Pacific side and for which Parliament had pledged £20,000. Resolution had been flagship on his second voyage and Cook chose the little Discovery to accompany her once she had been suitably refitted. Resolution sailed first and Discovery joined her at Capetown on 10th November 1776 from where they sailed in company until returning home in 1780, albeit without Captain Cook himself who had been killed by natives on Hawaii on 14th February 1779.