Edward William Cooke, 1811-1880 : a man of his time /John Munday.

A biographical study of Edward William Cooke (1811-1880), a landscape and marine artist and botanical illustrator. Largely based on Cooke's diaries and notebooks, this study also highlights Cooke's other interests including antiquities and collecting, geology, gardening and garden design. The work is supported by over 500 plates illustrating Cooke's paintings, engravings and sketches with many in colour. Much of his work depicted English coastal shipping and scenes, including Greenwich, but his work also reflects his travels in France, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Morocco, Egypt and Italy when he visited Venice at the same time as John and Effie Ruskin. Appendices include extracts from his diaries covering the period 1828-1879, a catalogue of his paintings in oils, a record of his watercolours, his travel itinerary covering the years 1824-1879 and accounts for 1849. The work is supported by a detailed bibliography and index.