The Death of Captain James Cook (Zoffany) The Death of Captain James Cook (Zoffany) The Death of Captain James Cook, 14 February 1779 is a painting by Johann Zoffany. The painting records the loss of the British explorer Captain James Cook. The painting was completed in 1794 some years after the death of Cook in 1779. Other paintings of the death of Cook were painted earlier. The Mahiole (Feathered Helmet) that was included in the painting of Cook's death by Zoffany is said to be the helmet given to Cook when he first landed in Hawaii. The painting is unfinished. Zoffany is thought to have based the
Captain Cook Hotel building was replaced by a shop in 1875, adjacent to Alfred Terrace erected in 1869 for George Wigram Allen of Glebe. However a photo dated 1870-71 clearly shows the completed Captain Cook Hotel together with a legible painted sign of the hotel’s name. The style of the pub with its overhanging eaves and hipped roofs would appear to predate Allen’s 1869 row of terraces, and given that the site was empty and unprepared in 1864, the Captain Cook Hotel must date from 1867. This photo shows the hotel as a couple of two storey terraces at the end of the