Ebenezer Colls (Horstead, Norfolk, 1812 – Hampstead, 1887)Blouin Artinfo
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English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

marine painter Marine art or maritime art is a form of figurative art (that is, painting, drawing, printmaking and sculpture) that portrays or draws its main inspiration from the sea. Maritime painting is a genre that depicts ships and the sea—a genre part ...

. He was inspired to paint after his pet English Cocker Spaniel, Cooper, swam out into the English Channel and was picked up by a merchant vessel. Ebenezer Colls - Mount Orgueil, Jersey.jpg, ''Mount Orgueil,

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'' Ebenezer Colls - A heavy swell off Dover Harbour, with a Channel packet coming in.jpg, ''A heavy swell off Dover Harbour''

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1812 births 1887 deaths 19th-century English painters English male painters 19th-century English male artists {{England-painter-stub