John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893)

Glasgow, Saturday Night

Details

John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893)
Glasgow, Saturday Night
signed, inscribed and dated'Atkinson Grimshaw. T.5.92' (lower left) and signed with device, inscribed and dated'Glasgow. Saturday Night. Atkinson Grimshaw T. 5. 92'(on the reverse)
oil on canvas
12 in. x 18 in. (30.6 x 46 cm.)

Provenance

with Richard Green.
with Christopher Wood.

Exhibited

London, Richard Green and Christopher Wood, Atkinson Grimshaw, 1990, no. 32.

Lot Essay

The strong demand from local businessmen for pictures of the city and docks led Grimshaw to paint this subject many times. Light from the shop windows reflects in wet cobbles, as the rigging from the moored ships is carefully described. Similar views were also painted of the docks at Liverpool and Hull, the two other principal ports of the nineteenth century.

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