THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 
Edward William Cooke, R.A. (1811-1880)

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

Etretat

signed inscribed and dated 'Etretat. Painted on the/spot in 1878 E.W. Cooke/R.A.' on an old label on the reverse; oil on board
9½ x 12½in. (24.2 x 32.4cm.)
Provenance
The artist's studio sale; Christie's, 22 May 1880, lot 122 (45 gns. to Robert Hannah
Robert Middlesex, 1888
Exhibited
Leeds, Municipal Art Gallery, 1888

Lot Essay

Robert Hannah (1812-1909), who bought the picture at the artist's studio sale, was a London historical and genre painter who was left some money by Cooke to spend on 'an example of my art.' Two works by Hannah were in the collection of Charles Dickens.

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