Lot 746: JAMES CLARKE HOOK, R.A. (BRITISH 1819-1907). MARKET MORNING.

JAMES CLARKE HOOK, R.A. (BRITISH 1819-1907). MARKET MORNING. Oil on board, 25 x 36 inches. Signed "J.C. Hook" and dated 1854, l.r. The reverse with an old label inscribed "J.C. Hook, R.A./ 1854/ Market Morning (R.A. 1855)" and remnants of a second label printed "... Bond Street Galleries/ Piccadilly." Exhibition: Royal Academy of Arts, London, Annual Exhibition, 1855, no. 9. The painting's catalog entry includes the quotation,"There is a single small cottage, undressed like a dust, the one only dwelling on earth that she loves."