Edward William Cooke, RA (British, 1811-1880) Zuider Zee fishing craft drying nets in the harbour of Spaarndam signed and dated 'E.W.COOKE 1847' (lower right) oil on canvas 46 x 91.5cm (18 1/8 x 36in). Footnotes: Provenance S. Rücker Collection. Richard Lloyd Collection. Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 27 April 1923, as Dutch boats becalmed on the Zuider Zee, to Banner. Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 24 June, 1927, to Dugdale. Thomas Agnew & Sons, London. Anon. sale, Christie's, London, 22 November, 1991, lot 141. Burlington Paintings, London. Private collection, UK (acquired from the above). Property of a deceased's estate. Exhibited Liverpool, 1849, no. 52. Literature John Munday, E.W.Cooke, A Man of his Time, Woodbridge, 1996, p. 332, cat. no. 49/8, (illustrated pl. 74, p. 108). For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com