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- 'Dutch Boats Beating into the Scheldt', Edward William Cooke
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- 'George Holt senior', Philip Westcott
- 'Emma Durning Holt and Anne Holt', Philip Westcott
- 'Jane Durning', Thomas Arrowsmith
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- 'Watching Dog', Briton Riviere
- 'The Sailing Ship, Emma', Samuel Walters
- 'George Holt', Robert E Morrison
- 'A Treatise on Parrots', Henry Stacy Marks
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'Dutch Boats Beating into the Scheldt', Edward William Cooke
George Holt’s father, George Holt the elder, bought this painting when it was exhibited at the Liverpool Academy in 1842 with money he had won as a prize.Â It was one of the first significant acquisitions of art made by the family.
Cooke became a Royal Academician and specialised in marine subjects, often depicting fishing boats in rough seas.
Medium and Support: Oil on canvas
Accession No: WAG 319