James Clarke Hook
(1819-1907), Landscape and history painterEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 14 portraits
Although he began his career by painting historical and literary subjects, Hook made his name with briskly worked seascapes and coastal scenes. In the 1850s, he left his London studio for Surrey, eventually building a house at Churt, near Farnham, which he christened 'Silverbeck' and which was his home from 1866 until his death. Hook and his family made themselves self-sufficient at Silverbeck, growing fruit and vegetables, raising livestock and harvesting corn which they ground in a small private watermill.
by Charles Hutton Lear
chalk, 1845
NPG 1456(13)
Selecting Committee, Royal Academy, circa 1892
by Reginald Cleaver
pen and ink, circa 1892
NPG 4245
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax14838
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG Ax28931
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x46988
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x197525
by Elliott & Fry
albumen carte-de-visite, 1860s
NPG x197526
by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1880
NPG Ax17616
by Lock & Whitfield
woodburytype, 1880 or before
NPG x133378
by Lock & Whitfield
woodburytype, 1880 or before
NPG Ax8715
by Ralph Winwood Robinson, published by C. Whittingham & Co
platinum print, circa 1891
NPG x7370
by Otto Theodor Leyde, printed by Chardon-Wittman, after Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
etching, published 1884 (exhibited 1883)
NPG D35956
by Otto Theodor Leyde, after Sir John Everett Millais, 1st Bt
etching, published 1884 (exhibited 1883)
NPG D35957
by Lock & Whitfield, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle and Rivington
woodburytype, published 1880
NPG x18579
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