3-100-695 - "Royal Academy of Arts, London"/Heritage Images

James Clarke Hook RA and his family at Silverbeck, 7 May 1882. Reproduction of an original photograph taken by the artist's son at Silverbeck, a small farm in Churt, Surrey, which Hook purchased around 1866. The farm, formerly known as Bulls Farm, was re-named by Hook after a clear bright stream which ran through the property. By 1891 Hook had purchased a number of plots of land and the house was considerably extended with a large studio added to the rear of the property. British painter James Clarke Hook (1819-1907) is seated in the foreground, wearing a tam o'shanter and plus-fours.