{"title":"Pocock, Nicholas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNicholas Pocock (1740-1821)\u003c\/strong\u003e was an English artist who specialised in marine art.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePocock was born in Bristol in 1740, the son of a seaman. He followed his father's profession and was master of a merchant ship by the age of 26. During his time at sea, he became a skilled artist by making ink-and-wash sketches of ships and coastal scenes for his logbooks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1778, Pocock's employer, Richard Champion, became financially insolvent due to the effects of the American Revolutionary War on transatlantic trade. As a result, Pocock gave up the sea and devoted himself to painting. The first of his works were exhibited by the Royal Academy in 1782.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLater that year, Pocock was commissioned to produce a series of paintings illustrating George Rodney's victory at the Battle of the Saintes. In 1789, he moved to London, where his reputation and contacts continued to grow. He was a favourite of Samuel Hood and was appointed Marine Painter to George III.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePocock's naval paintings incorporated extensive research, including interviews with eyewitnesses about weather and wind conditions, as well as the positions, conditions, and appearances of their ships, and drew detailed battle plans and preliminary sketches of individual ships. He was also present at the Glorious First of June in 1794, on board the frigate HMS Pegasus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to his large-scale oil paintings depicting naval battles, Pocock also produced many watercolours of coastal and ship scenes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWall memorial to Pocock in Holy Trinity Church, Cookham (left), beside those of his daughter-in-law Frances Ashwell (top right) and his son George (bottom right).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePocock married Ann Evans of Bristol in 1780; together they had eight children. His son Isaac was an artist and dramatist, his second son William Innes Pocock was a Royal Navy Officer and marine artist. Two of his grandsons, Alfred Downing Fripp and George Arthur Fripp, were also artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe died on 9 March 1821 at the home of his oldest son, Isaac, in Raymead in the parish of Cookham, near Maidenhead, and is buried in the parish church there.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"old-sea-paintings-1928-nicholas-pocock-1740-1821-et-al-15-images","title":"Old Sea Paintings 1928 - Nicholas Pocock (1740-1821) et al - 15 images","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese are the colour pictures from Old Sea Paintings, a book written by E. 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