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Samuel Cook (other)
Samuel Cook may refer to: * Samuel Cook (artist) (1806–1859), English watercolour painter * Samuel Cook (Chartist) (1786–1861) *Samuel A. Cook (1849–1918), U.S. representative from Wisconsin * Samuel Albert Cook (1878–1915), medical doctor and member of the American Red Cross mission in Serbia * Sam C. Cook (1855–1924), Mississippi Supreme Court justice *Samuel DuBois Cook (1928–2017), political scientist and professor * Samuel E. Cook (1860–1946), U.S. representative from Indiana * Samuel Edward Cook (1787–1856), English writer * Samuel Edward-Cook (born 1990), English actor * Samuel H. Cook, United States Army officer of the Civil War * J. Samuel Cook (born 1983), African-American playwright, journalist and writer See also * Sam Cook (other) * Samuel Cooke (other) *Cook (surname) Cook is an occupational surname of English origin. Notable people with the surname include: A * Aaron Cook (other), multiple people * Abby Cook (ice hock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Cook (artist)
Samuel Cook (1806–1859) was an English watercolour artist. Life He was born in at Camelford in Cornwall. At the age of nine he was apprenticed to a firm of woollen manufacturers in the town, where during the intervals of his duties he would amuse himself with making drawings in chalk on the floor of the factory, to the annoyance of his employers, one of whom declared that "he would never be fit for anything but a limner". On the expiry of his apprenticeship he went to Plymouth, where he set up as a painter and glazier. Every hour he could snatch from business, however, was devoted to sketching from nature. In 1830 he became a member of the New Society of Painters in Water Colours (now the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours), to whose annual exhibition he became a regular contributor, chiefly of coastal scenes, until his death 1859. An obituary in ''The Art Journal'' said of him: Always weak as a colourist, and especially so when his pictures hung in juxtaposition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |