- Title:
- St Mawes, Cornwall
- Object name(s):
- painting; oil painting
- Brief description:
- framed oil painting initialled and dated 1872 'St Mawes, Cornwall' by William Pitt
- Collection:
- Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery
- Acquisition date:
- 1928
- Acquisition method:
- gift
- Acquisition note:
- given in memory of Mrs Elizabeth Mallett of Truro
- Associated concept:
- FINE ART
- Associated concept:
- English School
- Comments:
- This painting shows what St. Mawes looked like in 1872, with thatched cottages and tall ships in the distance.
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measured part:
- painting
- Dimension value:
- 395 mm
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measured part:
- painting
- Dimension value:
- 750 mm
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measured part:
- frame
- Dimension value:
- 650 mm
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measured part:
- frame
- Dimension value:
- 1 m
- Object component name:
- material
- Object component information:
- oil
- Object component name:
- material
- Object component information:
- canvas
- Object component name:
- condition
- Object name:
- painting; oil painting
- Object number:
- TRURI : 1928.49
- Object production person:
- Pitt, William
- Person's association:
- artist
- Person's biographical note:
- exhibitor R.A. etc. from 1853 until 1890
- Object production place:
- England
- Place status:
- Country
- Technique:
- painted
- Use begin date:
- 10.2009
- Use end date:
- 10.2010
- Use organiser:
- Royal Institution of Cornwall
- Use title:
- Every Picture Tells a Story
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/209b21fc-6cb5-3768-b1e8-88aebc834612
Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/209b21fc-6cb5-3768-b1e8-88aebc834612, Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery, CC BY-NC
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