George (1793) Cooke Paintings & Artwork for Sale | George (1793) Cooke Art Value Price Guide

Aug. 26, 2023
PR GEORGE COOKE HUSBAND & WIFE OIL PORTRAITS, 1842
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
George Esten Cooke (American/Maryland 1793-1849), untitled, 1842, pair of oil on canvas Southern half length seated portraits of a husband and wife, the husband signed and dated to top upper lower left, the wife to upper lower right "G. C. " above "1842", with painted facsimile of the original stencil mark covered during conservation, "PREPARED /BY EDWD DECHAUX/NEW YORK",, DeVant Crissey, Smyrna, GA, conservation and framing labels en verso in likely original giltwood gesso/composition frames. Provenance: : From the Private Collection of William R. Collins, JR., Milton, Georgia. Approximate measurements: Canvas h. 30", w. 25. 25"; Overall h. 36", w. 33. 75", d. 3. 5":
Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.
Jul. 23, 2023
George Esten Cooke (1793-1849) Lithograph, Hand Colored, Mo-Hon-Go Osage Woman
Est: $50 - $100
Wa-Na-Ta Grand Chief of the Sioux. Approx. 10 3/3 x 6 5/8 in. (paper). Discoloration from previous mat. Foxing throughout. Tape residue on back top edge. Provenance: Nearings Antiques, New Orleans
Hughes Auctions
May. 28, 2023
George Esten Cooke (1793-1849) Lithograph, Hand Colored, Mon-Ka-Ush-Ka, A Sioux Chief
Est: $100 - $200
Mon-Ka-Ush-Ka, A Sioux Chief. Approx. 10 3/8 x 6 1/2 in. (paper). Discoloration from previous mat. Foxing throughout. Tape residue on back top edge. Provenance: Nearings Antiques, New Orleans
Hughes Auctions
May. 28, 2023
George Esten Cooke (1793-1849) Lithograph, Hand Colored, Mo-Hon-Go Osage Woman
Est: $100 - $200
Wa-Na-Ta Grand Chief of the Sioux. Approx. 10 3/3 x 6 5/8 in. (paper). Discoloration from previous mat. Foxing throughout. Tape residue on back top edge. Provenance: Nearings Antiques, New Orleans
Hughes Auctions
May. 28, 2023
George Esten Cooke (1793-1849) Lithograph, Hand Colored, Mo-Hon-Go an Osage Woman
Est: $100 - $200
Mo-Hon-Go an Osage Woman. Approx. 10 3/8 x 6 5/8 in. Discoloration from previous mat. Light foxing. Tape residue on back top and bottom edges. Provenance: Nearings Antiques, New Orleans
Hughes Auctions
May. 28, 2023
George Esten Cooke (1793-1849) Lithograph, Hand Colored, Chippeway Squaw and Child
Est: $100 - $200
Chippeway Squaw and Child. Approx. 10 3/8 x 6 1/2 in. Discoloration from previous mat. Light foxing. Tape residue on back top and bottom edges. Provenance: Nearings Antiques, New Orleans
Hughes Auctions
May. 16, 2023
A coloured steel engraving 'View of Rotterdam' by George Cooke (1793-1849), from the auction of Pim Fortuyn's estate.
Est: €200 - €400
A coloured steel engraving 'View of Rotterdam' after a painting by Sir August Wall Callcott (1779-1844) From the auction of the household effects of murdered politician Pim Fortuyn (1948-2002), whose household effects were sold in 2009, Hessink auction lot 27. England, 19th century.
Vendu Rotterdam
May. 05, 2023
George Esten Cooke (American 1793-1849)
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
George Esten Cooke (American 1793-1849), oil on canvas portrait of a young woman, signed lower left and dated 1840, 30" x 25". NO in-house shipping for this lot.
Pook & Pook Inc.
Jun. 10, 2022
GEORGE COOKE, THREE CHILDREN C. 1845 O/C
Est: $5,000 - $10,000
George Esten Cooke (American / Maryland, 1793-1849), "Three Children" ca. 1845, depicting three children, likely from Columbus, GA, playing with a model sailboat against a sunset forest background, oil on canvas, dated lower right, framed. Provenance: From the Estate of Charles Hammock, JR. Reference: "George Cooke 1793-1849, Georgia Museum of Art, Donald Keyes, page 75, plate 15. According to the text, as a result of abrasion to the painting, the signature has been erased and a partial date remains that is only visible with UV light. Approx. h. 54.25", w. 44.25" (frame), h. 48", w. 40" (canvas).
Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.
Jul. 10, 2021
George Cooke. Stephen Girard, Financier-Philanthropist.
Est: $3,000 - $6,000
George Cooke (American, 1793-1849). Stephen Girard, Financier-Philanthropist, c. 1825.Oil on canvas, 22 1/4 x 17 1/2 inches; signed 'G. Cooke' on lower left corner, in carved, gilt, period frame. Stephen Girard (1750-1831) was born in Bordeaux, France and first came to Philadelphia in 1776 by chance when the ship that he captained took refuge in that port, but adopted it as his new home and became a naturalized citizen of the United States. Having lost the sight of his right eye at age 8, and possessing little formal education, he was hard-working and driven, and by the 1790s, operated a successful mercantile establishment supplied by his own small fleet of vessels that traded in Europe, the Far East, and the Americas. By the following decade, he was Philadelphia's wealthiest citizen and one of its greatest benefactors, making charitable contributions to numerous civic causes, from the care of orphaned children, to public education. Girard lived modestly and could be found working "hands-on" on his farm, as well as in his mercantile, banking and charitable endeavors, until his final days. "My deeds must be my life," he once said, and "When I am dead, my actions must speak for me." It is calculated that he was the fourth richest American in history, based on the ratio of his estate's value against the contemporary GDP. The bulk of his estate was dedicated to the public good, and its benefits are still evident today. Stephen Girard's likeness has been perpetuated on bank notes and in history books by engravings made from a post-mortem portrait by Bass Otis. Done from personal recollection and a death mask, its shows the financier-philanthropist as he appeared in later life, with bald pate and blind right eye. This little-known life portrait by Maryland-born artist George Cooke was probably done in the mid-1820s. Girard's facial features in this portrait compare favorably with those in Otis's later work, but Girard is wearing a short wig, or "toupee," to hide his baldness, although his blind eye is still apparent. Cooke, who left a career in business to pursue one in the arts, became an itinerant portrait and landscape painter during the 1820s, mostly working in Virginia and Washington, DC (where he studied briefly under Charles Bird King). After a six-year study tour of Europe, he returned to the United States and exhibited with success. He traveled throughout the South, primarily Virginia, Alabama, and Georgia, and although his mainstay of employment was portraiture, he produced some highly accomplished landscape and history paintings. Provenance: purchased prior to 1956 in Richmond, Virginia, by the Patton family of Tulsa, Oklahoma. Original correspondence and photographs, an early 19th engraving of the Otis portrait of Girard, and a conservation report accompany the painting.
Casco Bay Auctions
Oct. 25, 2020
GEORGE COOKE, PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
George Esten Cooke (American/Maryland, 1793-1849). "Portrait of a Gentleman", oil on canvas. apparently unsigned, period frame.Approx. 38.5" x 33.25" (framed), 25" x 30.5" (canvas)
Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.
Oct. 25, 2020
SOUTHERN PORTRAIT BY GEORGE COOKE
Est: $3,000 - $6,000
George Esten Cooke (American/Maryland, 1793-1849) -1840-41. "Mrs. William Wirt Clayton (Caroline Semmes) and Daughter Julia", oil on canvas. Signed center right "GC", period frame. Illustrated: Rudulph, Marilou Alston, "George Cooke and HisPaintings" (Savannah:Georgia Historical Society, 1960) plate 2. Note: Born in Maryland, portrait painter George Cooke visited Athens, Ga on several occasions in the 1840s. There he completed this portrait ofCaroline Maria Semmes Clayton (1819-1893) and her daughter Julia (1839-1909) on her lap, playfully tugging her mother's curl. As was customary, Cooke painted Caroline's husband William Wirt Clayton (1812-1885) in a separate portrait. Thefamily moved to Atlanta where Clayton became a political figure and all are buried there in Oakland Cemetery. Cooke died in 1849 in New Orleans. Besides his portraits, he is well known for panoramic city views, four of which,Charleston, Washington DC, West Point, and Richmond, were turned into aquatint prints by William Bennett in the 1830s.Approx. 41.5" x 36.5" (framed), 30.5" x 25.125" (canvas)
Ahlers & Ogletree Inc.
May. 05, 2019
PAIR OF PORTRAITS OF MR. AND MRS. JOHN MERCER PATTON OF FREDERICKSBURG, VIRGINIA, CIRCA 1824. ATTRIBUTED TO GEORGE ESTEN COOKE (AMERICAN 1793-1849).
Est: $4,500 - $6,500
John Mercer Patton (1797-1858) was a Lawyer, U.S. Congressman, and Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. He was elected to the Twenty-first Congress as a representative of Virginia in 1829 and served five consecutive terms from 1830 to 1838, and was subsequently elected as a Senior Councilor of Virginia, where he assumed the office of governor upon the resignation of Governor Thomas W. Gilmer in 1841. He married Margaret "Peggy" French Williams on January 8, 1824 and had nine children, many of which went on to pursue prominent military careers. George Cooke, the attributed artist, started his career as an itinerant portrait artist in 1821, studying with Charles Bird King in 1824 and reported having made 130 portraits before embarking to Italy for further training in July 1826. The newlyweds are depicted half-length, Mrs. Patton holding a bouquet of roses and wearing pearls, gold earrings, and an emerald ring. Each oil on canvas, 28 x 24 inches.
Bourgeault-Horan Antiquarians
Mar. 21, 2019
In the Manner of George Esten Cooke (1793 - 1849)
Est: $500 - $800
Oil on canvas, "Portrait of Ann Elizabeth Diffenderfer", 30"h x 25"w and 34.5"h x 29.5"w
Alderfer Auction
Nov. 10, 2018
GEORGE E. COOKE (AMERICAN, 1793-1849), ATTRIBUTED, PORTRAIT OF A CHILD
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
GEORGE E. COOKE (AMERICAN, 1793-1849), ATTRIBUTED, PORTRAIT OF A CHILD, oil on canvas, three-quarter length depiction of a young girl seated on a Classical sofa, she wearing patterned blue dress and coral necklace, no signature located, elaborate landscape background, trees bearing Spanish moss. Housed in a modern frame. Discovered in Florida.
Jeffrey S. Evans & Associates
Jul. 21, 2018
Attrib. to George Esten Cooke. Portrait of a Lady
Est: $300 - $500
(American, 1793-1849). Sitter attributed as Ann Elizabeth Diffenderfer (1818-1858), oil on canvas, attribution of artist and sitter on verso, 30 x 25 in., framed
Alex Cooper
Jun. 16, 2018
Attrib. to George Esten Cooke. Portrait of a Lady
Est: $500 - $800
(American, 1793-1849). Sitter attributed as Ann Elizabeth Diffenderfer (1818-1858), oil on canvas, attribution of artist and sitter on verso, 30 x 25 in., framed
Alex Cooper
May. 17, 2018
A GEORGE III MARROW SCOOP. London 1793. Maker: Richard Cooke.
Est: £80 - £100
A GEORGE III MARROW SCOOP. London 1793. Maker: Richard Cooke.
John Nicholson's Fine Art Auctioneers & Valuers
Sep. 09, 2016
att. George Cooke (MD/D.C./GA, 1793-1849), Portrait of a Young Boy with Dog
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
oil on canvas (lined), unsigned, a full length portrait of a young boy with his hound sit beneath grape vines and a waterfall beyond, presented in a period gilt frame with composition filet. SS 29 x 23.25 in.; DOA 38 x 32 in. George Esten Cooke was born in St. Mary's County, Maryland in 1793. He began his career as a self-taught itinerant artist in Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia. His first formal training was under the tutelage of Charles Bird King, whom Cooke would later assist in his portraits of Native Americans. In 1826, he and his wife left for Europe, where he made a name for himself as a copyist. Upon their return, he became best known as a portrait artist working throughout the South, primarily Virginia, Georgia, and Alabama.
Leland Little Auctions
Jul. 26, 2014
Portrait of Nancy Mills Simons Mercer
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
attributed to George Cooke (America, 1793-1849) oil on canvas, circa 1825. Captain Abraham Simons died in 1824, leaving his widow Nancy with a considerable fortune. She married Reverend Jesse Mercer in 1827, and they used Simons’ wealth to found Mercer University in Macon, GA. She died in 1839 at 70 years old and is buried in Washington, GA. unsigned. with a period frame from a Macon, GA purveyor. H20 ½” W17” Note: The consignor purchased this painting from dealer David Griffiths of Forestport, New York. Griffiths acquired it from Carlsen Gallery, in Freehold, NY. The gallery traced the painting to the estate of former Florida governor Claude Kirk, and through Kirk, to an estate in Madison, Georgia.
Wooten & Wooten Auctioneers
May. 02, 2014
Attributed to George Cooke (1793-1849), double portrait of martha pearson cook and isaac winship, circa 1845, Oil on canvas, framed.
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
Attributed to George Cooke (1793-1849) double portrait of martha pearson cook and isaac winship, circa 1845 Oil on canvas, framed. 48 3/4 in. x 40 1/2 in. (sight) PROVENANCE: By descent in the family to the present owner. The building seen through the window is thought to be the Bibb County Courthouse designed and built by architect, contractor and philanthropist Elam Alexander (1796-1863) in Macon, Georgia in 1829.
Freeman's | Hindman
Nov. 14, 2013
George Esten Cooke (1793-1849), portrait of stephen girard (1750-1831), Signed lower right, oil on canvas, framed.
Est: $6,000 - $8,000
George Esten Cooke (1793-1849) portrait of stephen girard (1750-1831) Signed lower right, oil on canvas, framed. 22 1/4 in. x 17 1/2 in. (sight) PROVENANCE: Lot is accompanied by early photograph of painting with handwritten inscription to verso: "Painting of Steven Girard by George Cooke. Bought in Richmond VA..." and also by written correspondence between Marilou Alston Rudulph (author of "George Cooke and his Paintings" Georgia Historical Society Quarterly XLIV, June 1960) and Mrs. Patton, dated June 1956, in which this portrait and its subject are discussed.
Freeman's | Hindman
Sep. 21, 2013
Attributed to George Esten Cooke
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
(Maryland/District Of Columbia/Italy, 1793-1849)[Madonna della sedia,] after Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520), unsigned, oil on canvas, 34 x 27-1/4 in.; gilt wood and composition frame, lined with wax and linen, minor retouch, crackle. Provenance: Private Collection
Brunk Auctions
May. 12, 2013
* Attributed to George Cooke, (American, 1793-1849), Chapel at Cold Spring Harbor
Est: $800 - $1,200
Attributed to George Cooke (American, 1793-1849) Chapel at Cold Spring Harbor oil on panel titled (verso) 13 3/4 x 18 inches.
Hindman
Feb. 23, 2013
George Esten Cooke, A.N.A. (American/Maryland)
Est: $60,000 - $80,000
George Esten Cooke, A.N.A. (American/Maryland, 1793-1849), "Maria Rosalie Henry, 1818-1897, (Grandmother of Virginia Statesman Patrick Henry)", 1837, oil on canvas, signed upper left, dated upper right, 52 in. x 39 1/2 in., original giltwood inner frame Start Price: USD 40000
Neal Auction Company
Nov. 19, 2011
COOKE, GEORGE
Est: $4,000 - $5,000
GEORGE COOKE (AMERICAN 1793-1849) "Portrait of a Man," 1829, oil on canvas, 69.3 x 58.5 cm (27 2/7 x 23 in.), inscribed on verso 'Painted by Geo Cooke for CC 1829,' the same original inscription now underneath relining (visible in accompanying photo)
Shapiro Auctions LLC