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Mont Saint Michel, Normandy

Oil Painting
1838 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Cooke, Edward William (RA, FRS, FSA) (painter (artist))

Oil painting entitled 'Mont Saint Michel, Normandy' by Edward William Cooke. Great Britain, 1838.

Object details

Category
Paintings
Object type
Oil painting
TitleMont Saint Michel, Normandy
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Oil Paint
Canvas
Oil Painting
Brief description
Oil painting entitled 'Mont Saint Michel, Normandy' by Edward William Cooke. Great Britain, 1838.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 54.6cm
  • Estimate width: 80cm
  • Gilt frame height: 816mm
  • Gilt frame width: 1067mm
  • Gilt frame depth: 80mm
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

Historical significance: A similar composition, Mont St Michel, Peasants returning to Pontorson of 1840, was sold at Christie's (London) on 6/12/2002, lot 39. In this painting a horse-drawn cart appears on the left, and the light effects suggest an evening scene. It is also significantly larger than the V&A's painting, measuring 105.1 x 142.9cm.
Bibliographic references
  • Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 42
  • Goujard, Lucie, Annette Haudiquet, Caroline Joubert and Diederik Bakhuys, Voyages Pittoresques Normandie, 1820-2009, Milan, Silvana Editoriale, 2009.
  • Delarue, Bruno Visions romantiques des côtes de la Manche: du Mont Saint-Michel au Pas-de-Calais Yport: Terre en vue, c2011 pg. 34
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
FA.43[O]

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Record createdFebruary 13, 2007
Record URL
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