Tag: Edward William Cooke
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15 Paintings of the Canals of Venice in the 18 & 19th Centuries, by the artists of the time, with foot notes #6
By Apollonio Facchinetti, Apollonio Domenichin, Guglielmo Ciardi, Canaletto, Bernardo Canal, Thomas Bush Hardy, Edward William Cooke, Jules BASTIEN-LEPAGE, MARC ALDINE and Ludolfs Liberts, … Please follow link for full post
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05 Marine Paintings – Edward William Cooke, Joseph Edward Southall, Henry Bernahl, J. M. W. Turner and Edward William Cooke. With Footnotes, #51
Hastings and the sea. In the 13th century Hastings had suffered over the years from the lack of a natural harbour. Attempts were made to build a stone harbour during the reign of Elizabeth I, but the foundations were destroyed by the sea in terrible storms. The fishing boats were stored on and launched from…
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Edward William Cooke, A riverside town 01 Marine Painting, With Footnotes, #266
Edward William Cooke, R.A., F.R.S., F.Z.S., F.S.A., F.G.S. (27 March 1811 – 4 January 1880) was an English landscape and marine painter, and gardener. Cooke was born in Pentonville, London. He was raised in the company of artists. He was a precocious draughtsman and a skilled engraver from an early age, displayed an equal preference for…
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Edward William Cooke; Sunset on the Lagune of Venice 01 Painting of the Canals of Venice by the artists of their time, with foot notes. #67
The Venetian Lagoon (Łaguna de Venesia) is an enclosed bay of the Adriatic Sea, in northern Italy, in which the city of Venice is situated. The Lagoon of Venice is the most important survivor of a system of estuarine lagoons that in Roman times extended from Ravenna north to Trieste. In the sixth century, the Lagoon…
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Montague Dawson, GLEAMING FOAM, CHARIOT OF FAME 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #51a
Chariot of Fame, a handsome clipper of 1639 tons built in America and flying the flag of the famous White Star Company. She had excellent accommodation for passengers, and before she was chartered by the Government to bring troops out to New Zealand to quell the Maori disturbances she had been in the Australian trade. She…
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Edward William Cooke, Vessels on the Sands at Hastings 06 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #51b
Montague Dawson, RMSA, FRSA (1890–1973) GLEAMING FOAM, CHARIOT OF FAME oil on canvas 61 by 91.5cm., 24 by 36in Private collection Chariot of Fame, a handsome clipper of 1639 tons built in America and flying the flag of the famous White Star Company. She had excellent accommodation for passengers, and before she was chartered by the…
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01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #83
Edward William Cooke A pilot boat off the North Foreland Oil on board 18 x 29cm; 7 x 11½in Private collection A pilot boat is used to transport maritime pilots between land and the inbound or outbound ships that they are piloting. North Foreland[ is a chalk headland on the Kent coast of southeast England;…
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09 PAINTINGS OF THE CANALS OF VENICE BY THE ARTISTS OF THEIR TIME, WITH FOOT NOTES. #10
Edward William Cooke, 1811 – 1880 A Venetian veduta with Santa Maria della Salute, c. 1851 Oil on canvas 44 x 76 cm Private collection Santa Maria della Salute, commonly known simply as the Salute, is a Roman Catholic church and minor basilica located at Punta della Dogana in the Dorsoduro sestiere of the city…
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05 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #47
Edward William Cooke, RA (British, 1811-1880) ‘French Sloop entering the harbour of Tréport’ , c. 1869 Oil on canvas 81.3 x 134.6cm (32 x 53in). Private collection Le Tréport is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in north-eastern France. A small fishing port and light industrial town situated in the Pays de…
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07 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #45
Unknown artist SS ‘Nottingham,’ c. 19th C Oil on panel 25.5 x 31.5 cm Hull Maritime Museum SS Nottingham was a passenger and freight vessel built for the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway in 1891. The ship was built by Swan Hunter in Wallsend and launched on 13 March 1891. She was placed on the Grimsby to…
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14 Classic Works of Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, # 25
Franz Emil Krause, 1836-1900 Cutter in Harbour with sailing boat approaching, Oil on canvas 24 x 39.4 cm (9.5 x 15.5 ins) Private collection A cutter can be either a small- or medium-sized vessel whose occupants exercise official authority. Examples are harbor pilots’ cutters and cutters of the U.S. Coast Guard, or UK Border Force……
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