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

Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire, washing day

Details

Alfred William Hunt, R.W.S. (1830-1896)
Robin Hood's Bay, North Yorkshire, washing day
pencil and watercolour with gum arabic and with scratching out
11.1/8 x 15.3/8 in. (28.2 x 39.1 cm.)

Provenance

Anon. sale, Sotheby's London, 13 July 1989, lot 199.
with Chris Beetles, London.

Exhibited

Chicago, Columbian World Exhibition, British Section, 1893, no. 394.
London, Alpine Gallery, October 1976, no. 51.

Lot Essay

This watercolour also shows the bay and the 'Seaur' (pronounced Scar) and depicts more of the headland at whose tip is Ravenscar (at that time called 'Peak'). Some of the houses in the lower part of the split-level village can also be seen.

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