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Chub

Oil Painting
pre 1857 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Cooke, Edward William (painter (artist))
Place of origin
Britain (painted)

Oil on millboard depicting a fish


Object details

Category
Paintings
Object type
Oil painting
Titles
  • Chub (generic title)
  • Carp (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on millboard
Oil Paint
Millboard
Oil Painting
Brief description
Oil painting entitled 'Chub' or 'Carp' by Edward William Cooke. Great Britain, ca. early 19th century.
Physical description
Oil on millboard depicting a fish
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 38.1cm
  • Estimate width: 50.8cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
British School
Credit line
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Object history
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Subject depicted
Fish
Bibliographic reference
Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 44
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
FA.48[O]

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Record createdApril 18, 2007
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O134014/chub-oil-painting-cooke-edward-william/
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