HeadingCooke, George Frederick used in: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
Cooke, George Frederick used in: Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany
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Found inDictionary of National Biography. — Memoirs / of George Fred. Cooke, 1813. — LCAuth
Paintings: G0135TitleGeorge Frederick CookeTechniqueOil on panelSubjectCooke, George FrederickArtistStuart, GilbertDimensionsHeight: 68.6cmWidth: 55.9cmProvenancePrice; Charles MathewsOther numberMathews 49RW 372 (by J. Stewart)CKA 372Exhibition history1833 London, Queen's Bazaar, Oxford Street, "Mr Mathews's Gallery of Theatrical Portraits" (49)LiteratureWilliam Dunlap, "Memoirs of Cooke" (1813), II, 185-86; Laurence Park, "Gilbert Stuart" (1926), I, 236-37A mature Cooke wears a dark blue velvet jacket with traces of powder on the shoulders.This portrait was painted in Boston for Price, the New York theatre manager, and finished on 6 January 1811. Patmore calls it "The last portrait for which he ever sat, painted in America." [Gilbert Stuart / https://garrick.ssl.co.uk/object-g0135 -- Public domain -- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George Frederick Cooke - Gilbert Stuart.jpg]