[JAMES COOK, R.N., F.R.S. (1728-1789)] Royal Society's Medal in commemoration of Captain Cook (1784) silver medal, by L. Pingo, the obverse with a bust of Cook and legend 'IAC.COOK OCEANI INVESTIGATOR ACERRIMUS REG SOC LOND SOCIO SUO', the reverse with an emblematical figure of Britannia and legend 'NIL INTENTATUM NOSTRI LIQUERE, in the exergue AUSPICIIS GEORGII III L.P.f.' 43.5mm. Provenance Mrs James Fleck (1742-1804), Cook's sister, and thence by descent to James Cook Rimer (1848-1928) of Kelvin Grove, Newlands, Cape Town, her great-great-grandson, and thence by descent to his grandson Richard Anthony Cook Rimer (1938-1995); Sotheby's, London, 23 Nov. 2003, lot 211 (part).
[JAMES COOK, R.N., F.R.S. (1728-1789)] Royal Society's Medal in commemoration of Captain Cook (1784) silver medal, by L. Pingo, the obverse with a bust of Cook and legend 'IAC.COOK OCEANI INVESTIGATOR ACERRIMUS REG SOC LOND SOCIO SUO', the reverse with an emblematical figure of Britannia and legend 'NIL INTENTATUM NOSTRI LIQUERE, in the exergue AUSPICIIS GEORGII III L.P.f.' 43.5mm. Provenance Mrs James Fleck (1742-1804), Cook's sister, and thence by descent to James Cook Rimer (1848-1928) of Kelvin Grove, Newlands, Cape Town, her great-great-grandson, and thence by descent to his grandson Richard Anthony Cook Rimer (1938-1995); Sotheby's, London, 23 Nov. 2003, lot 211 (part).
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