Property from a British Private Collection
Edward William Cooke, R.A.
Beer Cove, Devon
Lot Closed
July 14, 01:39 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a British Private Collection
Edward William Cooke, R.A.
British
1811 - 1880
Beer Cove, Devon
signed E.W.COOKE.ARA. lower right; inscribed, titled and signed James Wyatt. / - of Beer Devon / Seaton Bay in the distance / E.W.Cooke. R.A. on an old label on the stretcher
oil on canvas
Unframed: 43 by 68cm., 17 by 26¾in.
Framed: 57.5 by 81cm., 22½ by 31¾in.
James Wyatt, an exchange with the artist
Misses Standen, 1937
Sale: Christie's, 17 February 1983, lot 103
Misses Standen, 1937
Sale: Christie's, 17 February 1983, lot 103
John Munday, E.W. Cooke 1811-1880 - A Man of his Time, 1996, p. 319, no. 58/13
The present view depicts the same beach as Fishing Cove of Beer painted looking in the same direction but from further up the beach, and Distant View of Beer Head and White Cliff at Low Water which looks in a westerly direction, both painted in 1858. The present picture dates from the same year and is of the same size as these two paintings. As The Illustrated London News in 1864 pointed out; 'The prime characteristic of Mr Cooke's art is literal fidelity to nature. He is probably the most scientifically accurate painter we possess. His pictures not merely gratify the lovers of realism in art by the exact reproduction of the outward aspects of the natural world, but also satisfy the geologist, botanist, meteorologist, architect and shipbuilder...'
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