Edward Cooke, o/c painting, Villa Borghese, 1849, Edward William Cooke, R.A (British, 1811-1880), "No. 2 Villa Borghese from the Walls of Rome", no signature observed, information card verso with artist, date and titled and inscribed "The whole of the trees included in the scene, with Raffaelle's House on the left were razed to the ground by the Romans in 1849 to prevent the occupation of the Villa by the French troops", 16"h x 27"w (canvas), 27"h x 38"w (frame)

Provenance: A Private Collection: 2 Tudor City Place, New York

Notes/Literature: See reference to this work's 1850 display at The British Institution, London: "The Atheneum Journal", Feb. 23, 1850, p. 210; "Recollections of the British Institution for Promoting the Fine Arts in the United Kingdom", Thomas Smith, Oxford University Press, 1860, p. 119 (including full citation of inscription)

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