Portrait of Captain James King from a medal. In a wig and naval uniform of gilt-laced frockcoat. King (1750-1784) was a naval officer and served with James Cook on his third and last voyage. Iac King LLD FRS. Fellow of the Royal Society, honorary LLD Trinity College, Dublin. Copperplate engraving by James Hogg after a portrait by Samuel Shelley, London, England, circa 1785.

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