Live Auction 5222Victorian & British Impressionist Art
Bryan Hook (1856-1924)
Lot 101

Bryan Hook (1856-1924)

Gathering eggs on the cliffs of Lundy

Closed12 March 2014

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GBP 12,500

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Bryan Hook (1856-1924)
Gathering eggs on the cliffs of Lundy
bears the added monogram of James Clarke Hook (the artist's father), and the date '1877' (lower right)
oil on canvas
48 x 37 in. (121.9 x 94 cm.)

G.C.R.M. Spencer, Langton Hall, Leicestershire.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 13 February 1987, lot 56.
The Forbes Collection; Christie's, London, 19 February 2003, lot 202, as by James Clarke Hook - The Gull Catcher.

Specialist note

Bryan Hook was James Clarke Hook's second son, and emulated his father's style. This picture is in many ways a tribute to J.C. Hook's The Coast Boy gathering Eggs, also painted at Lundy, and exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1858. J.C. Hook also exhibited a popular engraving of the subject at the R.A. in 1865. For years the current picture was mis-attributed to J.C. Hook on account of the added monogram and date (lower right). It was thought to be his R.A. exhibit of 1877 entitled A Gull Catcher. That picture is however in the Brighton and Hove Museum and Art Gallery.