William Bernard Cooke

He was the elder brother of George Cooke (1781–1834), and became a pupil of William Angus (1752–1821), the engraver of the "Seats of the Nobility and Gentry in Great Britain and Wales".

[1] His most important work was the "Picturesque Views on the Southern Coast of England", chiefly from drawings by J. M. W. Turner, which he produced between 1814 and 1826, conjointly with his brother, George Cooke, and for which he executed no less than twenty-two plates, besides many vignettes.

He also engraved after Turner "The Source of the Tamar" and "Plymouth", and in 1819 five plates of "Views in Sussex" which were published with explanatory notices by R. R. Reinagle.

He likewise published "A new Picture of the Isle of Wight" 1812, and "Twenty-four select Views in Italy" 1833.

[1] He was an engraver of considerable ability, and excelled especially in marine views, but the works which he published did not meet with much success.