Edward Cooke was a marine painter who sperit some time working for Clarkson Stamfield (whose Bamile of Trafalgar is displayed in this room). He made this wanercolour during a sketching tour.

Surviving reconds suggest it shows the Tomeraire

(right) berthed off Sheeness, with tasts lowered, but still flying the Union Jack. Its triumphant rolle in the Banile of Trafalgar mow thirty years in the past, Temerire was, at this time, mostly used as a necewing ship. I his meant it received arriving stamen before they were put aboard other navy ships requing crew.

The gures in the smaller boat in the foreground include an Admiral on his way back to the Occon (left). Smoke on the horizon indicates the presence of a steamboat or industrial activity on the distant shore,

Provenance: Victoria and Albert Museum

Object description
Type: Easel painting
Location: Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne & Wear
Material: Watercolour on paper
Artist: Edward William Cooke (1811-1880)
Date: 1833

Image Details
Date: 19 June 2024
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Wide Camera 26mm ƒ/1.8
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: ƒ/1.8
Shutter Speed: 1/33s
ISO: 320
Licensing: Image of a North East Museums asset. This image cannot be licensed.