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C1829
A Brig of War’s 12 Pr Carronade.
Artist:
Edward William Cooke (1811 - 1880)
The carronade is a short smoothbore, cast iron cannon, which was used by the Royal Navy and first produced by the Carron Company, an ironworks in Falkirk, Scotland, UK. It was used from the 1770s to the 1850s. Its main … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
A Brig of War’s 12 Pr Carronade.
Date:
C1829
Artist:
Edward William Cooke (1811 - 1880)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Original etching
Image Size:
210mm
x 170mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1829
Description:
The carronade is a short smoothbore, cast iron cannon, which was used by the Royal Navy and first produced by the Carron Company, an ironworks in Falkirk, Scotland, UK. It was used from the 1770s to the 1850s. Its main function was to serve as a powerful, short-range anti-ship and anti-crew weapon.
A fine etching by Edward William Cooke (1811-1880) from, Fifty plates of shipping and craftt which he drew and etched all the images.
Biography:
Edward William Cooke (1811-1880)
Marine and landscape artist born in Pentonville, London, the son of well-known line engraver George Cooke. From an early age he demonstrated his skills in drawing and at the age of eighteen published his series, Shipping and Craft. He was surrounded by famous artist such as Clarkson Stanfield David Roberts.
Cooke began painting in oils in 1833 and took formal lessons from James Stark in 1834, and first exhibited at the Royal Academy and British Institution in 1835.He travelled often throughout his life, to Holland studying the great Dutch marine artists.
He was also a Fellow of the Linnean Society, Fellow of the Geological Society and Fellow of the Zoological Society, and of the Society of Antiquaries. His geological interests in particular led to his election as Fellow of the Royal Society in 1863 and he became a Royal Academician the following year.
