These pairings of a Hook painting with a recent photo of the same site show Hook's principle of fidelity to the actual scene before him. They are also an index of how much has changed, and how much has stayed the same in the century or so since he was painting.

If you have a Hook painting, you might try for a "Then and Now" of your own. Juliet can often furnish information on the likely site of his paintings.



The Fisherman's Goodnight
(1856)




Welcome, Bonny boat!
(1856)




A Widow's Son Going to Sea
(1857) Original Untraced




Leaving Cornwall for the Whitby Fishing
(1861) Original Untraced




Sea Air
(1862) Wigan Heritage Service




The acre by the sea
(1862) Private Collection




From under the sea
(1864) Manchester Art Gallery




Washerwomen–Brittany
(1866)




Digging for Sand Eels
(1867) Private Collection




Are Chimney Sweepers Black?
(1868) Original Untraced




Sea Earnings
(1870) Aberdeen Art Gallery




Gold of the Sea
(1872)




Flotsam and Jetsam
(1874)




Under the lee of a rock
(1874)




Hearts of Oak
(1875)




The Samphire Gatherer
(1875)




Seaside Ducks
(1876)




Friends in Rough Weather
(1877) Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami




Word from the Missing
(1877) Guildhall Gallery




A Thorn
(1879) Walker Art Gallery




Mushroom Gatherers
(1879) Aberdeen Art Gallery




Tanning Nets
(1879) Aberdeen Art Gallery




Untitled
c. 1880s




Home with the Tide
(1880) Tate Britain




Castle Building
(1882)




Love Lightens Toil
(1883) Original Untraced




Carting for Farmer Pengelly
(1883) Leicester Art Gallery




Village against blue Cornish sky
(1883) Unfinished and Unexhibited




Catching Sandlaunce
(1884) Original Untraced




Yo, Heave, Ho!
(1885) Original Untraced




The Broken Oar
(1886) Original Untraced




Sea Daisies
(1886) Aberdeen Art Gallery




Searching the Crab-holes
(1887)




Young Dreams
(1887) Tate Britain




A Jib for the New Smack
(1890) Private Collection




Hit but not bagged
(1891) Private Collection




The Sea-mew's Nest
(1892) Original Untraced




Breadwinners of the North
(1896) Private Collection




Low Water at the Tidal Crossing
(1897)




Trouble with the old muzzle-loader
(1898) Private Collection




The Goatherd
(1900) Juliet McMaster