Alec Cobbe

Alec Cobbe (born 1945) is an Irish designer, artist, musical instrument collector and decorator.

[2] Cobbe studied medicine at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and underwent his clinical training at the London Hospital.

Cobbe gave up his study of medicine to become a painter and trained as an art conservator at the Tate.

[3] Cobbe donated his design archive to the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) and an exhibition was held at the V&A of his work in 2013.

Birds, Bugs and Butterflies: Lady Betty Cobbe's 'Peacock' China: A Biography of an Irish Service of Worcester Porcelain.

Newly discovered Titian's "Portrait of a Lady and her Daughter" from Cobbe's collection