
Peter Rees
Director, Head of Sales
Sold for £27,500 inc. premium
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Provenance
The Arthur Ackerman and Peter Johnson sale, Christie's South Kensington, 8 May 2008, lot 63, sold for £96,500
The Estate of Miss Elizabeth Creak, sold to benefit the Elizabeth Creak Charitable Trust
Literature
John Munday E.W.Cooke 1811-1880, A Man of his Time, Woodbridge, 1996, cat. 53/14, page 348, as S.Servolo
Cooke's visit to Venice in 1853 lasted eight weeks; his diary for the 1st September notes 'Arrived at Dear old Venice', and on the 26th October, 'Left Venice by rail'. During this period Cooke produced 11 oils.