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by: John Munday
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 750
EAN: 9781851492220
ISBN: 1851492224
Label: Antique Collectors Club Dist A/C
Manufacturer: Antique Collectors Club Dist A/C
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: July 01, 1996
Publisher: Antique Collectors Club Dist A/C
Sales Rank: 2247919
Studio: Antique Collectors Club Dist A/C
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Product Description:
One eminent Victorian for whom a biographical study is long overdue is the marine painter Edward William Cooke R.A., F.R.S., F.S.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.G.S., (1811-1880), who, as the letters after his name will indicate, had interests far beyond the coastal views and inshore shipping of Europe which were his main subjects on canvas. He emerges as a gardener and garden designer on a grand scale, a student of geology, a plantsman, botanical illustrator, humorist, antiquarian and collector. Upon his death in 1880, it was said that there was no one to take his place, a verdict that still stands today. Although several exhibitions have been held covering aspects of Cooke s work, this new book gathers together a more representative collection of paintings and drawings, and explores the many-sided character of this fascinating man. He kept a diary, on which this book is largely based, enabling us to see what he was about almost every day of a working life spanning half a century. Today, Cooke's work is w
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