James Clarke Hook, RA. Artist: After Sir John Everett Millais (British, Southampton 1829-1896 London). Dimensions: Plate: 14 3/8 × 11 7/16 in. (36.5 × 29 cm)Sheet: 19 13/16 × 13 11/16 in. (50.3 × 34.7 cm). Engraver: Otto Theodore Leyde (British (born Germany), Wehlau 1835-1897 Edinburgh). Publisher: Knoedler, Washington DC; British and Foreign Artists Association (London). Sitter: James Clarke Hook (British, Clerkenwell, London 1819-1907 Surrey). Date: 1884.Leyde's etching reproduces Millais's sensitive portrait of a fellow artist, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1883 (now private collection). Hook's seaside landscapes and genre pictures celebrating the virtues of humble people, were widely admired by his Victorian contemporaries. Praised by both Baudelaire and Ruskin, his paintings remain under appreciated today. The artist's dedication to the out-doors and reforming character are suggested by his rough suit and direct expression (a life-long Methodist and political Liberal, Hook

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James Clarke Hook, RA. Artist: After Sir John Everett Millais (British, Southampton 1829-1896 London). Dimensions: Plate: 14 3/8 × 11 7/16 in. (36.5 × 29 cm)Sheet: 19 13/16 × 13 11/16 in. (50.3 × 34.7 cm). Engraver: Otto Theodore Leyde (British (born Germany), Wehlau 1835-1897 Edinburgh). Publisher: Knoedler, Washington DC; British and Foreign Artists Association (London). Sitter: James Clarke Hook (British, Clerkenwell, London 1819-1907 Surrey). Date: 1884.Leyde's etching reproduces Millais's sensitive portrait of a fellow artist, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1883 (now private collection). Hook's seaside landscapes and genre pictures celebrating the virtues of humble people, were widely admired by his Victorian contemporaries. Praised by both Baudelaire and Ruskin, his paintings remain under appreciated today. The artist's dedication to the out-doors and reforming character are suggested by his rough suit and direct expression (a life-long Methodist and political Liberal, Hook

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