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James Clarke Hook

1819

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Tatehttps://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/james-clarke-hook-275
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred95%
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Tier 1 · Institutional85%

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James Clarke Hook was an English painter and etcher of marine, genre and historical scenes, and landscapes.

Source: Tate · Trust score: 95% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (32)

Breakfasts For The Porth

1893 · oil paint

Wreckage from the Fruiter

1889 · oil paint

support: 921 x 1556 mm frame: 1225 x 1860 x 135 mm

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The Seaweed Raker

1889 · oil paint

frame: 1033 x 1540 x 160 mm, 39 kg support: 730 x 1238 mm

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Young Dreams

1887 · oil paint

support: 1060 x 1422 mm

support: 921 x 1511 mm frame: 1212 x 1755 x 100 mm

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Catching a Mermaid

1883 · oil paint

At Kyleakin, Isle of Skye

1881 · oil paint

Home with the Tide

1880 · oil paint

support: 889 x 1397 mm frame: 1229 x 1741 x 154 mm

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The Mushroom Gatherers

1877 · watercolor paint

Fishing by Proxy

1874 · oil paint

Girl reading by the Shore

1873 · oil paint

Fish from the Dogger Bank, Scheveningen, Holland

1870 · oil paint

Breton fishermen's wives

1864 · oil paint

The acre by the sea

1862 · oil paint

Bringing the boat ashore

1860 · oil paint

The Brook

1859 · oil paint

Woman Looking out of Window

1857 · etching

Colin, Thou Kens't the Southerne Shepheard's Boye

1857 · etching

A pastoral - "Then blow your pypes..."

1857 · oil paint

A Few Minutes to Wait before Twelve O'Clock

1854 · etching

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32 published of 32 catalogued · 32 with image

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Young Dreams
1887 · Tate · 6 prov
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Wreckage from the Fruiter
1889 · Tate · 6 prov
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Home with the Tide
1880 · Tate · 6 prov
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The Stream
1885 · Tate · 6 prov
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The Seaweed Raker
1889 · Tate · 6 prov
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A Few Minutes to Wait before Twelve O'Clock
1854 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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The Mornings Catch
1877 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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A pastoral - "Then blow your pypes..."
1857 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Colin, Thou Kens't the Southerne Shepheard's Boye
1857 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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Fishing by Proxy
1874 · Wikidata · 5 prov
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