Edward Hawke Locker, F.R.S., F.S.A. (1777-1849)

An album of topographical views, entitled 'Sketches in England' including: a number of views of the Isle of Wight; Part of Quare Abbey; Binstead Cottage; Bonchurch; Shanklin Chine; Gatecombe; Niton Church (illustrated); Carisbrooke Church and Cas

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Edward Hawke Locker, F.R.S., F.S.A. (1777-1849)
An album of topographical views, entitled 'Sketches in England' including: a number of views of the Isle of Wight; Part of Quare Abbey; Binstead Cottage; Bonchurch; Shanklin Chine; Gatecombe; Niton Church (illustrated); Carisbrooke Church and Castle (3); Freshwater Bay; Appuldurcombe; Yarmouth Quay; Norris, Lord Seymour's, West Cowes; Upnor Castle, Chatham; Cobham Hall, Kent; Basingstoke Chapel; North Porch, Salisbury Cathedral; Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire; Stonehenge, Wiltshire; Newcombe Abbey, Killarney; Calder Abbey, Cumberland; Matlock; Warwick Castle; Stowe, Kenilworth; Deanery, Carlisle; Carlisle Castle; Netley Abbey; Frogmore; Eton College
the majority inscribed as titles on the pages of the album and; variously dated 31 August 1803-1818
the majority pencil, many with grey or blue wash, five with watercolour
7.7/8 x 10¾ in. (20 x 27.3 cm.); and smaller (56)

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Educated at Eton, Locker entered the Navy Pay Office and became Civil Secretary to Lord Exmouth, in whose employ he travelled to the East Indies and the Mediterranean. He became secretary of the Greenwich Hospital and later published Memoirs of Celebrated Naval Commanders, illustrated by Engravings from original pictures in the Naval Gallery of Greenwich Hospital, London, 1832.