Edward William Cooke RA, British 1811-1880- A collection of 88 pencil drawings of Egyptian landscapes, river views and artefacts including: Dendera; The Gate of the Nile; Philae; Gebel El Silsilah; Gebel Aboofayeda; Keneh; Bibbeh; Views and...

Edward William Cooke RA,
British 1811-1880-

A collection of 88 pencil drawings of Egyptian landscapes, river views and artefacts including: Dendera; The Gate of the Nile; Philae; Gebel El Silsilah; Gebel Aboofayeda; Keneh; Bibbeh; Views and architectural studies of Venice and figures studies and architectural studies executed in Rouen, Avignon, Capua, Rome, Ravello, Ferrara, Urbino, Florence; Trento and Capua including: The catacombs of Saint Sebastian, Rome; The Sistine Chapel, Rome; St Peter's, Rome; San Antonio, Padua; Door of Santa Maria del Orta, Venice; San Polo, Venice; San Marco, Venice; Details of Palazzo Pisani, Venice; and Capitals in the Palazzo Ducale, Venice, the majority inscribed with titles, some annotated with notes and some dated variously 3 October 1851 to 27 February 1874, some annotated with numbers, pencil, some within a pencil border, on paper, six on tracing paper, one on blue paper, two on reverse of printed paper, four on card, 17.5 x 10.1 cm and smaller (88) (mounted, unframed, many in shared mounts)

Provenance: Anonymous sale, Sotheby's, London, 10 July 1997, lot 147 as an album of sketches.
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