# A Schevening Pinck Preparing for Sea

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## Artwork

- Artist: [COOKE, Edward William](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cooke-edward-william-r7eb93953602fe7>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 91 x 137 cm

## Commentary

Cooke was almost obsessively interested in recording his natural and man-made environment. The marine artist Clarkson Stanfield employed him to make drawings of nautical details, while a friendship with the captain of the West Indiaman Thetis gave Cooke opportunities for study on board.

## Related artworks

- [Godstow Bridge near Oxford](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cooke-edward-william-r7eb93953602fe7/godstow-bridge-near-oxford-r5dbe6cd643aec3>)
- [North Sea Breeze on Dutch Coast](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/cooke-edward-william-r7eb93953602fe7/north-sea-breeze-on-dutch-coast-rb5475960a0689c>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)