Ebenezer Wake Cook
Ebenezer Wake Cook (28 December 1843 – 8 May 1926[1]), generally referred to as E. Wake Cook, was a watercolour painter, one of the first in Australia, before returning to England at the age of 30.
During 1867 and 1868 Chevalier was commissioned to produce a number of images of New Zealand and Tasmania and Victoria, Australia, by Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh. A watercolour of Isle of the Dead in Tasmania was painted by Cook in about 1868.[2]
He was an associate of Tom Roberts, Rupert Bunny and Bertram Mackennal,[3] and for a time worked for the Adelaide Photographic Company.[4]
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References
- ↑ "Death of An Australian Artist". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 July 1926. p. 16.
- ↑ Cook, E. W. (c. 1868). "Isle of the Dead, Port Arthur". librariestas.ent.sirsidynix.net.au. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
- ↑ Alan McCulloch, Encyclopedia of Australian Art Hutchinson of London 1968
- ↑ "The Development of Art". Evening Journal. Vol. XXV, no. 7191. Adelaide. 28 October 1893. p. 4. Retrieved 22 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
Sources
- Serle, Percival (1949). "Cook, Ebenezer Wake". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Retrieved 17 October 2008.
External links
- Sale prices of works by Ebenezer Wake Cook
- Watercolour. Isle of the Dead, Tasmania (c. 1868) painted by Ebenezer Wake Cook