Cook Collection (page 7)

Charles Darwin, British naturalist, (1899). Artist: C Cook
Charles Darwin, British naturalist, (1899). Darwin (1809-1882) put forward the modern theory of evolution and proposed the principle of evolution by natural selection

Sir Charles Wheatstone, British inventor, (1899). Artist: C Cook
Sir Charles Wheatstone, British inventor, (1899). Wheatstone (1802-1875) was a pioneer of electric telegraphy. In 1837, he and William Fothergill Cooke patented their five-needle telegraph machine

Princess Alexandra of Denmark, Princess of Wales, 1899. Artist: C Cook
Princess Alexandra of Denmark, Princess of Wales, 1899. Princess Alexandra (1844-1925) married Queen Victorias eldest son, the future King Edward VII, in 1863

Charles George Gordon, British soldier and administrator, (1893). Artist: G Cook
Charles George Gordon, British soldier and administrator, (1893). Known as Chinese Gordon because of his exploits in China in the Second Opium War and the Taiping Rebellion

Tobit, c1470, (1843). Artist: Henry Shaw
Tobit, c1470, (1843). Tobit, blind and sick, has just dispatched his son Tobias to the city of Rages. The woman cooking is his wife Anna. She is using a jack to hang the pot over the fire

Queen Adelaide, the Queen consort, 19th century. Artist: H Cook
Queen Adelaide, the Queen consort, 19th century. Adelaide (1792-1849) was the Queen consort of King William IV of the United Kingdom

Sir Thomas More, 1774. Artist: T Cook
Sir Thomas More, 1774. Portrait of More (1478-1535) English statesman, scholar and saint and Henry VIIIs Lord Chancellor. More refused to subscribe to the Act of Supremacy which made Henry the head

William Lord Russel, 1775. Artist: T Cook
William Lord Russel, 1775. Lord Russell (1639-1683), English politician, was among the founders of the Whig Party. Russell supported attempts in Parliament to exclude the Roman Catholic James II

George Buchanan, 1776. Artist: T Cook
George Buchanan, 1776. Buchanan (1506-1582) was a Scottish historian and humanist scholar. A plate from The Copper-Plate Magazine or A Monthly Treasure, London, 1776

Shakespeare, 1776. Artist: T Cook
Shakespeare, 1776. Portrait of the playwright (1564-1616), plate from The Copper-Plate Magazine or A Monthly Treasure, London, 1776

Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, 1774. Artist: T Cook
Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, 1774. Howard (1586-1646) was a prominent English courtier during the reigns of King James I and King Charles I

Death of Captain Cook, 1779 (c1819). Artist: Jacques Etienne Victor Arago
Death of Captain Cook, 1779 (c1819). Captain James Cook, (1728-1779), English explorer, navigator and cartographer was killed by inhabitants of Hawaii during his third voyage of discovery

Front cover of Le Pays de France, 23rd December 1915

Cook, 1799. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson
Cook, 1799. From the collection of the National Maritime Museum, London

The Cook, c1570. Artist: Giuseppe Arcimboldi
The Cook, c1570. This image can be interpreted in two ways, either as a cook taking the lid off a dish of sucking pigs or, if turned upside down, as the head of the cook. From a private collection

Design for a costume for a cook, 16th century. Artist: Giuseppe Arcimboldi
Design for a costume for a cook, 16th century. From the Department of Prints and Drawings, Florence

The Cow, c1850. Artist: Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
The Cow, c1850. Around the central image are vignettes of the products of the cow, from butter, cheese, milk, meat, candles, cutlery handles and turned horn goods

Gas lighting, 1814. Fig. 1: Samuel Cleggs (1781-1861) gas apparatus (1808). Fig. 7: B Cooks gas apparatus. Figs 8&9: Furnace for producing tar as a gas by-product. From Encyclopaedia Londinensis

Communication by speaking tube, c1850. A waiter serving clients in a restaurant, speaking to chefs at work in the kitchen on the floor below, using a speaking tube

Human sacrifice on Tahiti in the South Pacific, c1773. Artist: W Woollett
Human sacrifice on Tahiti in the South Pacific, c1773. Captain Cook and his officers watching a group of Tahitians chanting as a man

Thomas Linacre, MD, 1847. Artist: H Cook
Thomas Linacre, MD, 1847. Portrait of the physician to Henry VIII who founded the Royal College of Physicians in 1518. He was also a classical scholar, a translator from Greek

Dr Lyon Playfair, (c1850-c1880?). Artist: G Cook
Dr Lyon Playfair, (c1850-c1880?). This eminent Victorian rose from being a chemist in the Geological Survey in 1845, to become Secretary for Science and Art in 1855

Natives of the Sandwich Islands, Hawaii, slaughtering swine before Captain Cook, c1778. Captain James Cook, the famed navigator and hydrographer, transformed our knowledge of the Pacific region

Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society (PRS), botanist, 1800s. Artist: Thomas Philips
Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society (PRS), botanist, 1800s. Banks travelled to Newfoundland in 1766 on an expedition to collect plants

Robert Bunsen, German chemist, 1850s. Artist: C Cook
Robert Bunsen, German chemist, 1850s. Signed portrait; Bunsen (1811-1899) is widely considered one of the greatest experimental chemists of the 19th century

Wooden human form figure, Polynesian, (18th century?). Human figure with pearl shell and human bone inlay. Hawaiians used to believe that their gods could be called upon to enter images such as this

A Misnomer, Surely!, 1880. Artist: George du Maurier
A Misnomer, Surely!, 1880. A large party of Cooks Tourists queueing outside a restaurant. Cartoon from Punch, 25th September 1880

James Cook, English explorer, navigator and hydrographer, 1775-1776. Artist: Nathaniel Dance-Holland
James Cook, English explorer, navigator and hydrographer, 1775-1776. Captain Cook (1728-1779) in naval uniform, seated, with his hand resting on a map of the world

John Andre, British soldier, late 18th century. Artist: Cook
John Andre, British soldier, late 18th century. Andre (1751-1780) served in America as aide-de-camp to General Grey and Sir Henry Clinton

Wax models of Peary and Cook, polar explorers, at Madame Tussauds, London, 1909
Wax models of Peary and Cook, polar explorers, at Madame Tussaud s, London, 1909. American explorer Robert E Peary claimed he had reached the North Pole in 1909 at his third attempt

Neptune raising James Cook to immortality and fame, late 18th century. The name of Captain Cook (1728-1779), English navigator, explorer and hydrographer, is being written in the book of history

Inuit Wood hunting cap with ivory ornament collected during Cooks 3rd voyage, 1776-1780. James Cooks third and final voyage took the route from Plymouth via Cape Town and Tenerife to New Zealand

Cooks Tourists, 1889. An illustration from Punch, March 1889. Thomas Cook founded the travel company that bore his name in 1841. By the late 1880s the company had offices around the world

Captain Cooks third Pacific voyage, 1779 (1832). James Cook (1728-1779) English navigator, explorer, and hydrographer, receiving ritual tribute from Sandwich Islanders

James Cook, English navigator, witnessing human sacrifice in Taihiti (Otaheite) c1773 (1815). A scene from Cooks second Pacific voyage, undertaken from 1772-1775

Joseph Banks (1743-1820), English botanist and plant collector, 1802. Banks sailed with Captain James Cook on the Endeavour on his expedition of 1768-1771

Dispute over who was the first to reach the North Pole, 1909. American naval officer and explorer Robert E Peary (1856-1920)

Robert Edwin Peary, American naval officer and explorer, 1909. Peary (1856-1920) is generally credited with being the leader of the first successful expidition to the North Pole (1909)

Domestic servants, 1901. Cook and kitchen maid, parlour maid and scullery maids. Chapter headpiece from The Book of Household Management by Isabella Beeton. (London, 1901). First published 1859-1860

The Doctors Bill, 1869. Artist: Charles Samuel Keene
The Doctors Bill, 1869. This cartoon harks back to the days when a fee was charged simply for consulting ones doctor. The Stout Cook complains that she had to wait for two hours in the doctors

Turkey and Grease, 1869. Artist: John Tenniel
Turkey and Grease, 1869. At the end of December 1868, there was a divergence of opinion between Greece and Turkey that threatened to lead to armed conflict

Notice to Quit, 1861. Pope Pius IX, dressed as a cook with her papal crown partially hidden by a large mob cap, is being given notice by the master of the house, Louis Napoleon

George Blakes Letter (The Galaxy, An Illustrated Magazine of Entertaining Reading, Vol. IX), January 1870

The Cooks Prayer!!, September 15, 1801. September 15, 1801. Creator: Thomas Rowlandson
The Cooks Prayer!!, September 15, 1801

Beaumont, (1807). Creator: R H Cook
Beaumont, (1807). Portrait of Francis Beaumont (1584-1616), English playwright and poet. [Mathews & Leigh, London, 1807]

Mediterranean cuisine, chef preparing a paella, Feria de Abril (April Fair) 2002

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