Edward William Cooke (1811-1880) – IMS Photography https://ims.photography Ian Malpass-Scott Sun, 03 May 2026 15:52:25 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 San Giorgio Maggiore and the Salute, Venice, with Fishing Craft of Chioggia and the Lagune https://ims.photography/2026/04/21/san-giorgio-maggiore-and-the-salute-venice-with-fishing-craft-of-chioggia-and-the-lagune/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:29:00 +0000 https://ims.photography/?p=7944 Cooke is known for his paintings of marine and coastal scenes, and made several visits to Venice in the mid 1800s. Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1853, this view of Venice was purchased by Lord Armstrong in 1869 for 650 guineas, sold in 1910, and recovered for Cragside in 2002. Cooke knew Lord Armstrong, advising him on the layout of the gardens at Cragside.

Oil painting on canvas, San Giorgio Maggiore and the Salute, Venice, with Fishing Craft of Chioggia and the Lagune, by Edward William Cooke RA (London 1811 – Groombridge 1880), 1852.

Provenance: Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1853; sold by the artist to W. Bashall, Farington Park, Preston, in 1853; purchased by William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong of Cragside (1810-1900) from Agnew’s in 1869; sold at Christie’s on 24 June 1910, lot 49, when bought by Agnew’s; purchased by the National Trust for Cragside from Christie’s on 27 November 2002, lot 24.

Marks and inscriptions: Bottom right: COOKE. VENEZIA

Text from the National Trust website

Object description
Type: Easel painting
Location: Cragside, Rothbury, Northumberland
Material: Oil on canvas
Artist: Edward William Cooke (1811-1880)
Date: 1852

Image Details
Date: 21 April 2026
Camera body: iPhone Xs
Lens: Telephoto Camera 52mm ƒ/2.4
Focal Length: 52mm
Aperture: ƒ/2.4
Shutter Speed: 1/33s
ISO: 640
Licensing: Image of a National Trust asset. This image cannot be licensed.

]]> Ships of War in the Medway, off Sheerness https://ims.photography/2024/06/19/ships-of-war-in-the-medway-off-sheerness/ Wed, 19 Jun 2024 15:43:00 +0000 https://blog.ims.photography/?p=1506 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.

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