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C1829
Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour. Convicts going on board.
Artist:
Edward William Cooke (1811 - 1880)
Etching of a convict hulk in which convicts were housed prior to being moved to the transport ships of the First Fleet to Botany Bay where they would serve their sentences. In 1776 an act was passed to permit decommissioned … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour. Convicts going on board.
Date:
C1829
Artist:
Edward William Cooke (1811 - 1880)
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Original etching
Image Size:
240mm
x 160mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1829
Description:
Etching of a convict hulk in which convicts were housed prior to being moved to the transport ships of the First Fleet to Botany Bay where they would serve their sentences.
In 1776 an act was passed to permit decommissioned ships to be converted to house prisoners. The ships were rendered inoperable or unseaworthy in some way. In 1798 the hulks held more than 1400 out of about 1900 people waiting for transportation to Australia.
A fine etching by Edward William Cooke (1811-1880) from Fifty Plates of Shipping and Craft which he drew and etched all the images.
Artist:
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.
