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Lot 83

Edward William Cooke
(British, 1811-1880)
Naples and Vesuvius from the water 12.4 x 35cm. (4 7/8 x 13 3/4in.)

27 February 2007, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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Edward William Cooke (British, 1811-1880)

Naples and Vesuvius from the water
signed 'E.W.Cooke ARA' (lower left)
oil on paper
12.4 x 35cm. (4 7/8 x 13 3/4in.)

Footnotes

Provenance :
Mrs. Lawrence.

John Munday believes this picture is no. 46/35 (see John Munday, E.W.Cooke, Antique Collectors' Club, Woodbridge, 1996, page 342) and that as it is inscribed 'ARA' this would date it to 1851 or later.
He comments: 'Cooke went on his first Italian painting trip equipped with a form of oil-paper sketching block and he might use only part of a sheet, getting two subjects on one sheet. On return to London he would have his colourman/framer stick his sketches - which were in fact on-the-spot paintings - either onto panels or canvases. It was a handy way of travelling light and his larger size of paper block - 11 x 17ins. is often met with'.

We would like to thank John Munday for his help in cataloguing this lot.

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