Edward William Cooke, RA, (British, 1811-1880)

Zuider Zee fishing craft drying nets in the harbour of Spaarndam

Zuider Zee fishing craft drying nets in the harbour of Spaarndam
signed and dated 'E.W.COOKE 1847' (lower right)
oil on canvas
46 x 91.5cm (18 1/8 x 36in).

Provenance
S. Rücker Collection.
Richard Lloyd Collection.
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 27 April 1923, as Dutch boats becalmed on the Zuider Zee, to Banner.
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 24 June, 1927, to Dugdale.
Thomas Agnew & Sons, London.
Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 22 November, 1991, lot 141.
Burlington Paintings, London.
Private collection, UK (acquired from the above).
Property of a deceased's estate.

Exhibited
Liverpool, 1849, no. 52.

Literature
John Munday, E.W.Cooke, A Man of his Time, Woodbridge, 1996, p. 332, cat. no. 49/8, (illustrated pl. 74, p. 108).