Engraver, active in Milan. Engraved a number of views of the South Seas after earlier versions by James Cook's artists, images in John Hawkesworth, etc.
Sasso, Giovanni Antonio, active 1809-1816
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Bosio, Jean Francois, 1764-1827 :Giacomo Cook. Bosio dis. Sasso inc. [Milan? ca 1815?]
Date: 1810 - 1820
By: Bosio, Jean Francois, 1764-1779; Sasso, Giovanni Antonio, active 1809-1816
Reference: A-218-012
Description: Profile full-length portrait of Captain James Cook, standing on a shore, his right elbow on a map and left hand pointing at a globe on top of a large package wrapped ready for shipping. A mast is beyond the package, with another package on the ground behind Cook, and the sea with distant sails is in the background. Otaheite (Tahiti) can be read on the globe. Not based on any of the well-known contemporary portraits of Cook by Hodges, Holland and Webber Another, hand-coloured copy of this print is held in the collection at A-461-020 Other Titles - Captain James Cook Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 175 x 122 mm (to border), 216 x 156 mm (plate mark), on sheet 293 x 213 mm
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Bosio, Jean Francois, 1764-1827 :Giacomo Cook. Bosio dis. Sasso inc. [Milan? ca 1815?]
Date: 1810 - 1820
By: Bosio, Jean Francois, 1764-1779; Sasso, Giovanni Antonio, active 1809-1816
Reference: A-461-020
Description: Profile full-length portrait of Captain James Cook, standing on a shore, his right elbow on a map and left hand pointing at a globe on top of a large package wrapped ready for shipping. A mast is beyond the package, with another package on the ground behind Cook, and the sea with distant sails is in the background. Otaheite (Tahiti) can be read on the globe. Collection as a whole taken into Manuscripts Not based on any of the well-known contemporary portraits of Cook by Hodges, Holland and Webber Another, black and white copy of this print is held in the collection at A-218-012 Other Titles - Captain James Cook Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, hand-coloured, 175 x 122 mm (to border), 215 x 156 mm (plate mark), on sheet 278 x 204 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Ms-Group-2233.