John
Cooke Bourne
A Pioneer of the Railway Age: The Life and Art of John Cooke Bourne John Cooke Bourne (1814–1896) stands as an extraordinary figure in Victorian art history—not for grand narratives or aristocratic portraits, but for his unwavering dedication to documenting a transformative era: the rapid …
A portrait built from John Cooke Bourne's own colours
Every 7 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.
