Edward William Cooke RA, British 1811-1880- Fishermen landing their catch at Scheveningen; oil on canvas, signed and dated '1852' (lower left), 55 x 94.5 cm. Provenance: The David Price Collection; Sale, Christie's, 2 April 1892 (purchased for...

Edward William Cooke RA,

British 1811-1880-

Fishermen landing their catch at Scheveningen;

oil on canvas, signed and dated '1852' (lower left), 55 x 94.5 cm.

Provenance: The David Price Collection; Sale, Christie's, 2 April 1892 (purchased for £388.10); Mr Voskins [According to an old inscription on a label attached to the stretcher]; With Richard Green, London; With Lowell Libson, London [No. E0006].

Note: Cooke studied under the prominent landscape painter James Stark, and also received guidance from artists such as David Roberts and Clarkson Stanfield. He was particularly interested in marine landscapes, and was heavily influenced by the work of seventeenth-century Dutch marine painters, as is evident in this piece. Indeed, the setting of this work in Scheveningen recalls one of Cooke’s most notable works, ‘Beaching a Pink at Scheveningen’, which was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1855 and is currently in the collection of the National Maritime Museum in London.