Name: THOMAS MATTHEW ROOKE, R.W.S. (LONDON 1842-1942 NORTHAMPTON)
Brand: Three views of Margate, Kent: Margate jetty from Hodge's Flagstaff; Margate pier and jetty from the fort; and Margate pier and jetty from the infirmary
Price: 300.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

THOMAS MATTHEW ROOKE, R.W.S. (LONDON 1842-1942 NORTHAMPTON)
Three views of Margate, Kent: Margate jetty from Hodge's Flagstaff; Margate pier and jetty from the fort; and Margate pier and jetty from the infirmary
each dated 'Oct '64' (verso, according to the old cataloguing)
pencil, pen and grey ink and watercolour, with touches of white heightening on paper
4 x 7¹⁄₈ in. (10.1 x 18 cm.) each

The artist, and by descent to his granddaughter.

London, Martyn Gregory, Thomas Matthew Rooke RWS 1842-1942, cat. 11, 1975, no. 6.

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These early watercolours by Rooke, made when he was 22, are far from the decorative, Pre-Raphaelite work he is most associated with at Morris & Co. and when working with Edward Burne-Jones. Here we see him working within the conventions of early 19th Century watercolour painting, using an almost monochrome palette to depict topographical views.