Edward William Cooke, R.A. (1811-1880)

View across the Lagoon, Venice, sunset

Details

Edward William Cooke, R.A. (1811-1880)
View across the Lagoon, Venice, sunset
signed 'E. W. Cooke' (lower right) and inscribed and dated 'IL LAGUNETTO. VENEZIA. 1850' (lower left)
oil on paper laid on canvas
11¾ x 17¼ in. (29.8 x 43.8 cm.)

Provenance

Richard Barrington.
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Belgravia, 25 November 1975, lot 91.

Literature

J. Munday, E.W. Cooke 1811-1880, R.A., A Man of his Time, Woodbridge, 1996, p. 345, no. 50/29, as 'Evening off Giardino, half-Trabaccolo, sunset'.

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Please note that the picture is signed 'E. W. Cooke' (lower right).

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Lot Essay

Visiting Venice for the first time in 1850, Cooke spent much of his time out on the Lagoon sketching the landscape around Venice. On 14 September 1850 he noted that 'at 5 started again rowed out close to Lido, following and sketching bragozzi going out....-most marvellous rich sunset - at ½ p 7 to tea'.

For another view of Venice by Cooke see lot 36.

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