Edward William Cooke, R.A. (1811-1880), A Wijdschip and a Kaag Under Sail in a Very Light Air

Edward William Cooke, R.A. (1811-1880), After Willem van de Velde, the Younger

 

A Wijdschip and a Kaag Under Sail in a Very Light Air

oil on millboard

18 ¼ x 33 ½ in. (46.4 x 85.2 cm.)

 

Julia Korner would like to thank the late John Munday for his assistance in cataloguing this painting

This is a copy of the original painting by Willem van de Velde, The Younger, in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Inv. No. A 440

 

LITERATURE:

M.S. Robinson, The Paintings of the Willem van de Veldes, published by the Trustees of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, No.106, p.487.

John Munday ‘E. W. Cooke, 1811-1880, RA, FRS, FSA, FLS, FZS, FGS -

A Man of His Time’

Frank Herrmann, The English as Collectors, pages 151 & 434

 

PROVENANCE:

Col R. E. Crichton, OBE 

Col. Hon. Sir Henry George Lewis Crichton, KCB (1844-1922),

4th Earl Erne, KP, PC

Sir Thomas Baring, 2nd Baronet (1772-1848) and thence by descent

Banker and MP, he was the eldest son of Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, founder of Barings Bank.  His grandfather, John Baring (1697-1748) had emigrated from Germany and establishing the family in England.  Thomas became a partner in Baring Brothers and Co. in 1804, remaining until 1809.  After his early career with the bank, Sir Thomas was elected a Member of Parliament for the constituencies of High Wycombe and Hampshire (until 1831).

From 1832 to 1833 he was the chairman of the London and South Western Railway.  He was a president of the London Institution and Director of the British Institution.  In June, 1841 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.  He succeeded Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet and succeeded by his eldest son, Francis, who was later raised to

the peerage as Baron Northbrook. 

Price

£26000.00

This object is eligible for a Certificate of BADA Provenance