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Brighton sands

Oil Painting
1837 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Oil on canvas depicting the sands at Brighton with a boat pulled up onto the beach and fishermen crowding around baskets.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleBrighton sands (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Brief description
Oil painting entitled 'Brighton Sands' by Edward William Cooke. Great Britain, 1837.
Physical description
Oil on canvas depicting the sands at Brighton with a boat pulled up onto the beach and fishermen crowding around baskets.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 54.6cm
  • Estimate width: 76.2cm
  • Height: 79cm (Frame dimensions)
  • Width: 105cm (Frame dimensions)
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'E W Cooke 1837' (Signed and dated by the artist)
Credit line
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Object history
Given by John Sheepshanks, 1857
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, pp. 41-42
Collection
Accession number
FA.41[O]

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Record createdApril 18, 2007
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