Seascape
Summary
Wide panoramic view of rolling waves on a choppy sea. A single sailing boat is visible to the left centre of the composition, and in the distance beyond, the tide crashes againt an expanse of cliffs as they stretch across the coast. The sky is blue with thick clouds moving across the scene.
Display Label
Seascape 1881 John Brett 1830-1902 Oil on canvas Room One of the Ancoats Museum focused on the sea. Alongside this Cornish subject by John Brett were two photographs of breaking waves and a copy of a view of Dover by JMW Turner. The Museum catalogue compared these images to provide an insight into the beauty of the sea and the means by which to represent it effectively. Horsfall Museum transfer 1918.414
Object Name
Seascape
Creators Name
Date Created
7 Jun 1881
Dimensions
Canvas: 17.8cm x 35.6cm
Frame: 35cm x 52.7cm
accession number
1918.414
Place of creation
England
Support
Canvas
Medium
oil paint
Credit
Transferred from the Horsfall Museum Collection, 1918
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