Sunset on the lagoon, Venice

Details

EDWARD WILLIAM COOKE, R.A. (1811-1880)
Sunset on the lagoon, Venice
signed and dated 'E.W COOKE R A 1868.' (lower left) and inscribed 'TO HENRY JEFFERY ESQ FROM E W COOKE./ CHRISTMAS EVE. 1868 / A SUNSET ON THE LAGUNE / OF VENICE.' (on the mount)
pencil, black chalk and pastel on paper
6 7⁄8 x 10in. (17.5 x 25.4cm.)

Provenance

A gift from the artist to Henry Jeffery (d. 1870).
Acquired from Abbott & Holder, London, August 1968.

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Lot Essay

Cooke first visited Venice in 1850. It left a lasting impression and he recorded in his diary how he was struck by its beauty: 'When the boat entered the Grand Canal, after passing the Salute the moon rose and revealed the glories of the scene, but the Piazza exceeded all that I could possibly have imagined'.
Henry Jeffery was a friend of Cooke at Eastbourne. He and his wife (d.1870) later moved to live near Cooke at Groombridge, Sussex.

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