Ebenezer Colls (Horstead, Norfolk, 1812 – Hampstead, 1887)Blouin Artinfo
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marine painter Marine art or maritime art is a form of figurative art (that is, painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture) that portrays or draws its main inspiration from the sea. Maritime painting is a genre that depicts ships and the sea—a genre parti ...

. He was inspired to paint after his pet

English Cocker Spaniel The English Cocker Spaniel is a breed of gun dog. It is noteworthy for producing one of the most varied numbers of pups in a litter among all dog breeds. The English Cocker Spaniel is an active, good-natured, sporting dog standing well up at ...

, Cooper, swam out into the English Channel and was picked up by a merchant vessel. Ebenezer Colls - Mount Orgueil, Jersey.jpg, ''Mount Orgueil,

Jersey Jersey ( ; ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey, is an autonomous and self-governing island territory of the British Islands. Although as a British Crown Dependency it is not a sovereign state, it has its own distinguishing civil and gov ...

'' Ebenezer Colls - A heavy swell off Dover Harbour, with a Channel packet coming in.jpg, ''A heavy swell off Dover Harbour''

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1812 births 1887 deaths 19th-century English painters English male painters 19th-century English male artists {{England-painter-stub