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He married Edith Robinson, who had studied metalwork at the South Kensington Schools, in 1893. In 1895 Nelson and Edith Dawson began working predominantly in metalwork.  Dawson designed and made metalwork items including lights, bath taps, church metalwork and the trowel used by Queen Victoria for laying the foundation stone of the Victoria & Albert Museum in 1899. In 1901 Dawson became the director of the newly founded Artificers' Guild. He became an active painter again in 1914.\r\n\r\nThe painting is signed J. Cooke in the bottom right corner of the canvas. The artist can probably be identified as John Cooke (exhibiting 1895-1907), who, like the subject, was working in the Trafalgar Studios, Manresa Road, Chelsea, in the 1890s.. In this portrait the artist is shown against a dark background in three quarter profile looking to the left. In the left hand corner is a quasi-heraldic device formed of two paintbrushes and a metalworker's hammer, overlaid with an ivy leaf, and the date 1892. This conveys the sitter's profession to the audience.","physicalDescription":"A portrait in oil on canvas of the artist and designer Nelson Dawson, head and shoulders, facing left,  mounted in a repoussé copper frame decorated with trails of ivy leaves and stems. At the top left of the canvas is painted a quasi-heraldic device formed of two paintbrushes and a metalworker's hammer,  overlaid with an ivy leaf,  and the date 1892.","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Cooke, J.","id":"A5867"},"association":{"text":"artist","id":"AAT25103"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"oil paint","id":"AAT15050"},{"text":"canvas","id":"AAT14078"}],"techniques":[{"text":"oil painting","id":"AAT178684"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Oil on canvas","categories":[{"text":"Paintings","id":"THES48917"},{"text":"Portraits","id":"THES48906"}],"styles":[{"text":"Arts and Crafts","id":"AAT21205"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2007BP3942","2019LR7130"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"A","id":"THES304245"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"oil painting","id":"AAT33799"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Chelsea","id":"x31142"},"association":{"text":"painted","id":"x30138"},"note":"probably"}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1892","earliest":"1892-01-01","latest":"1892-12-31"},"association":{"text":"painted","id":"x30138"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Given by Rhoda Bickerdike","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"51.4","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"estimate","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"41.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"estimate","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"63","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"framed","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"53","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"framed","note":""},{"dimension":"","value":"","unit":"","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":"Measurement taken at time of assessment prior to BH decant - Frame Dimensions (mm): H-625 W-530 D-30;\nPainting Dimensions (mm): not measured"}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"J. 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