The Maritime Vision of Ebenezer Colls In the annals of nineteenth-century British art, few painters captured the restless energy of the sea with as much atmospheric precision as Ebenezer Colls. Born in 1812 in the tranquil coastal reaches of Horstead, Norfolk, his connection to the water was not merely professional but deeply personal. Legend suggests that his lifelong fascination with the maritime world was ignited by a dramatic moment involving his pet English Cocker Spaniel, Cooper, who once drifted out into the English Channel only to be rescued by a passing merchant vessel. This early e…