NIGERIA, SOUTH AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA Three albums of watercolours, ink and pencil sketches of scenes in Nigeria and Western Africa, Australia, and South America, including Brazil, Bahia and Chile, made by Thomas B. Cook approximately 20 watercolour views (several on 2 pages), 60 ink or pencil sketches, caricatures, etc., quarter morocco, oblong 8vo (largest 120 x 255mm., smallest 130 x 180mm.), [1880-1893]; and another album, including pen and ink scenes ("Rio de Janeiro", "Sea Hunting... Chanaral [Chile]", both double-page; "Music Batouk. Scene in Bahia Xmas Day 1883", another street scene in Bahia, and others), several oil views, and an albumen print of Darling Point, Sydney; an oil painting (310 x 232mm.) of the coastline of Brazil near Rio de Janeiro; three albumen print photographs of T.B. Cook (studio portrait by Tuttle of Sydney; group of "Officer of the Oil Rivers 2nd Nov. 1892", and group of Europeans and Africans by "W.J. Sawyers, Photographer, West Coast of Africa" (group) Fußnoten Watercolours and sketches made by a Thomas B. Cook a British officer operating on Royal Mail Ships in Nigeria, Australia and South America in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Subjects include Nigeria, or "Oil Rivers Protectorate"; (mostly 2-sheet watercolours) of "Forcados River", "King Ja Ja's Town, Opobo River", "Egwanga, Opobo River", and "Fernando Po", pencil views of "Assinee, Jan. 93", "Batanga", "Ukaka","Kinsembo", "Ambriz", "Mussera", and "Matadi", and related including "The war between Cape Palmas and Rocktown, war canoes protecting the native passengers landing from R.M.S. 'Oil Rivers', Jany. 28th [18]93", and "Rocktown War Canoes", "W. Africa. Flogging a thief with rhinoceros hide, 8 Jan. [18]92", and portrait of a seated local chief in top hat captioned "King Crowe, Rock Town"; Australia (including 10 watercolour views of coast, including "Inner South Head, entrance to Port Jackson", "Cape Schanck", "Port Philip Heads, Queenscliffe", "Cape Willoughby, Kangaroo Island", "Albany, W.A."); South America, including pencil views of Coquimbo (2), and Straits of Magellan, with others of life on board the ship. Provenance: Thomas B. Cook artist of the sketches and ships' officer; by descent to the present owner.
NIGERIA, SOUTH AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA Three albums of watercolours, ink and pencil sketches of scenes in Nigeria and Western Africa, Australia, and South America, including Brazil, Bahia and Chile, made by Thomas B. Cook approximately 20 watercolour views (several on 2 pages), 60 ink or pencil sketches, caricatures, etc., quarter morocco, oblong 8vo (largest 120 x 255mm., smallest 130 x 180mm.), [1880-1893]; and another album, including pen and ink scenes ("Rio de Janeiro", "Sea Hunting... Chanaral [Chile]", both double-page; "Music Batouk. Scene in Bahia Xmas Day 1883", another street scene in Bahia, and others), several oil views, and an albumen print of Darling Point, Sydney; an oil painting (310 x 232mm.) of the coastline of Brazil near Rio de Janeiro; three albumen print photographs of T.B. Cook (studio portrait by Tuttle of Sydney; group of "Officer of the Oil Rivers 2nd Nov. 1892", and group of Europeans and Africans by "W.J. Sawyers, Photographer, West Coast of Africa" (group) Fußnoten Watercolours and sketches made by a Thomas B. Cook a British officer operating on Royal Mail Ships in Nigeria, Australia and South America in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Subjects include Nigeria, or "Oil Rivers Protectorate"; (mostly 2-sheet watercolours) of "Forcados River", "King Ja Ja's Town, Opobo River", "Egwanga, Opobo River", and "Fernando Po", pencil views of "Assinee, Jan. 93", "Batanga", "Ukaka","Kinsembo", "Ambriz", "Mussera", and "Matadi", and related including "The war between Cape Palmas and Rocktown, war canoes protecting the native passengers landing from R.M.S. 'Oil Rivers', Jany. 28th [18]93", and "Rocktown War Canoes", "W. Africa. Flogging a thief with rhinoceros hide, 8 Jan. [18]92", and portrait of a seated local chief in top hat captioned "King Crowe, Rock Town"; Australia (including 10 watercolour views of coast, including "Inner South Head, entrance to Port Jackson", "Cape Schanck", "Port Philip Heads, Queenscliffe", "Cape Willoughby, Kangaroo Island", "Albany, W.A."); South America, including pencil views of Coquimbo (2), and Straits of Magellan, with others of life on board the ship. Provenance: Thomas B. Cook artist of the sketches and ships' officer; by descent to the present owner.
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