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Lot Essay
Cooke arrived at Honfleur by steamer from Le Havre, on 6 September 1833 and commented in his diary 'most extraordinary place for picturesque effect - wonderful streets of old houses. Harbour full of vessels and fishing craft, plenty of diligences, carts. Sk'd [sic] Church, charette &c Dined at Hotel Cheval Blanc opposite the Harbour, sketch'd fort & Piers in evng. Paraded the town & slept at the Cheval Blanc'.
Cooke stayed in Honfleur until the 12th when he travelled back to Le Havre and on to Abbeville before returning home. For extracts from the artist's diary see J. Munday, E.W. Cooke 1811-1880, R.A., F.R.S., F.S.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.G.S.: A Man of his time, Suffolk, 1996, pp. 275-312.
Cooke stayed in Honfleur until the 12th when he travelled back to Le Havre and on to Abbeville before returning home. For extracts from the artist's diary see J. Munday, E.W. Cooke 1811-1880, R.A., F.R.S., F.S.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.G.S.: A Man of his time, Suffolk, 1996, pp. 275-312.