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An image of Mont St Michel-Shrimpers by Edward William Cooke

Edward William Cooke

(England 1811–1880)

Title
Mont St Michel-Shrimpers
Year
1842
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions

97.0 x 142.5cm stretcher; 131.2 x 176.0 x 10.0cm frame

Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l., black paint "E W Cooke March 1842"
Credit
Purchased 1887
Accession number
4530
Location
Not on display
Provenance (2)

Christie's London (England), 21 May 1887, London/England, Purchased by the AGNSW from Christie's London, 21 May 1887, lot no. 121

William Leech

Bibliography (2)

Renée Free (Australia) (Author), Art Gallery of New South Wales catalogue of British paintings, Sydney, 1987, 39 (illus.).

Peter Tomory (United Kingdom) (Author), Anne Kirker (New Zealand; Australia, b.1947) (Author), British painting 1800-1990 in Australian and New Zealand public collections, Sydney, 1997, 67. cat.no. 440