Kieran O'Boyle
Head of Ireland & Northen Ireland
Lot 40*
Edward William Cooke, RA(British, 1811-1880)A view of Valentia Island, looking across from Knightstown to the lighthouse on the island
17 – 28 November 2023, 14:00 GMT
Dublin€3,000 - €5,000
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Edward William Cooke, RA (British, 1811-1880)
A view of Valentia Island, looking across from Knightstown to the lighthouse on the island
oil on canvas
43 x 57.5 cm. (16 7/8 x 22 5/8 in.)
oil on canvas
43 x 57.5 cm. (16 7/8 x 22 5/8 in.)
Footnotes
E.W. Cooke made a number of visits to Ireland, and as John Munday notes, 'it was in the south-west of Ireland that Cooke.. commenced his series of highly-finished pictures in oil to illustrate the chief geological features of the British coast' (John Munday, E.W.Cooke, A Man of his Time, Woodbridge, 1996, p.231).
The artist visited Valentia Island in 1858 to record the progress of the Atlantic submarine cable operation, as well as producing a series of detailed studies. For other views of Valentia, painted in 1858, see Slate rocks Valentia Id. and Glanbane Bay, Valentia Harbour (Op.Cit., pp.230 & 262, col.ill.).
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