{"product_id":"ew-cooke-18111880-9781851492220","title":"E.W. Cooke, 1811-1880","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eE.W. Cooke, 1811-1880\u003c\/strong\u003e by Munday, John. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781851492220.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOne eminent Victorian for whom a biographical study is long overdue is the marine painter Edward William Cooke R.A., F.R.S., F.S.A., F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.G.S., (1811-1880), who, as the letters after his name will indicate, had interests far beyond the coastal views and inshore shipping of Europe which were his main subjects on canvas. He emerges as a gardener and garden designer on a grand scale, a student of geology, a plantsman, botanical illustrator, humorist, antiquarian and collector. Upon his death in 1880, it was said that there was no one to take his place, a verdict that still stands today. Although several exhibitions have been held covering aspects of Cooke s work, this new book gathers together a more representative collection of paintings and drawings, and explores the many-sided character of this fascinating man. He kept a diary, on which this book is largely based, enabling us to see what he was about almost every day of a working life spanning half a century. Today, Cookes work is w\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Acc Art Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67920083943477,"sku":"ByrdShop_1851492224","price":347.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781851492220.jpg?v=1794042625","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/ew-cooke-18111880-9781851492220","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}