Live Auction 6289The Fuller Collection of Victorian Landscape Watercolours
Alfred William Hunt, R.W.S. (1830-1896)
Lot 25

Alfred William Hunt, R.W.S. (1830-1896)

Whitby Abbey, with boats sailing out of the harbour

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Alfred William Hunt, R.W.S. (1830-1896)
Whitby Abbey, with boats sailing out of the harbour
with inscription 'Fine evening at Whitby 1881/A W Hunt' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic and with scratching out
15½ x 22 in. (39.4 x 55.9 cm.)

Mrs. Dobson, 1897.
Victor Rienaecker.

Specialist note

This important work by Hunt shows the mouth of Whitby harbour with part of the local fishing fleet and the ruins of Whitby Abbey, which stands on the headland on the south side of the town.