Rare Cook paintings feature of Marsh’s sale

Irish art and collectibles among 500 items from the Charlie Hennessy estate, Des O’Sullivan reports.

CORK items, small collectible pieces and Irish art all feature strongly at Marsh’s sale of 500 lots of residual contents from the estate of late solicitor Charlie Hennessy next Saturday at noon. Rarities include two paintings by the Bandon born artist, Charles Henry Cook.

Born in 1830 he first exhibited at the RHA in 1846 and again at the RHA in 1865, moved to Bath in England in 1870 and died at Scarborough in 1906.