A Bucket of Salt Water

Joseph Edward Southall 1861 - 1944

Summary

Full length figure of a man in fisherman's clothes and a bowler hat, carrying a bucket of salt water up a sandy beach. The wooden hull of a small boat and associated equipment can be seen on the beach behind him. There is a group of children in the background to left, leaning over the hull of a second boat, watched by a young girl dressed in white standing slightly apart. There is a high sandy bank in the background with a wooden shed in the top left corner.