About Ebenezer Wake Cook
Lived 1843 – 1926 (aged 82–83). Ebenezer Wake Cook was an Australian painter.
Ebenezer Wake Cook (28 December 1843 – 8 May 1926 ), generally referred to as E. Wake Cook, was a watercolour painter, one of the first in Australia, before returning to England at the age of 30.
During 1867 and 1868 Chevalier was commissioned to produce a number of images of New Zealand and Tasmania and Victoria, Australia, by Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh. A watercolour of Isle of the Dead in Tasmania was painted by Cook in about 1868.
He was an associate of Tom Roberts, Rupert Bunny and Bertram Mackennal, and for a time worked for the Adelaide Photographic Company.
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Who was Ebenezer Wake Cook?
British artist (1843-1926)
When was Ebenezer Wake Cook born?
Ebenezer Wake Cook was born on 28 December 1843.
When did Ebenezer Wake Cook die?
Ebenezer Wake Cook died in 1926 in London.
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Ebenezer Wake Cook was a painter.
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Ebenezer Wake Cook was Australian.
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