- Title:
- On the Northumbrian Cliffs
- Object name(s):
- watercolour
- Brief description:
- The lives of the rural poor were a popular subject in Victorian painting. Marsh moved to live among a colony of artists at Cullercoats on the Northumbrian coast to capture the character of the fishermen and fishwives, whose lives there were lived in such stark contrast to the urban inhabitants of nearby Newcastle. In his depiction of this group of women and girls, Marsh emphasises the utilitarian nature of their dark garments, layers of shawls wrapped tightly around their bodies to protect them from the icy wind.
- Collection:
- Mercer Art Gallery
- Content - description:
- The lives of the rural poor were a popular subject in Victorian painting. Marsh moved to live among a colony of artists at Cullercoats on the Northumbrian coast to capture the character of the fishermen and fishwives, whose lives there were lived in such stark contrast to the urban inhabitants of nearby Newcastle. In his depiction of this group of women and girls, Marsh emphasises the utilitarian nature of their dark garments, layers of shawls wrapped tightly around their bodies to protect them from the icy wind.
- Credit line:
- This collection is part of North Yorkshire Council Museums.
- Current reproduction location:
- images\fineart\medium\339.jpg
- Current reproduction location:
- images\fineart\low\339.jpg
- Dimension:
- height x width
- Dimension measured part:
- image
- Dimension value:
- 72 x 125 cm [sight]
- Dimension:
- height x width
- Dimension measured part:
- frame
- Dimension value:
- 87 x 140 cm
- Inscription content:
- A.H. Marsh
- Inscription method:
- signature
- Inscription position:
- bottom right
- Inscription content:
- 1880
- Inscription method:
- inscribed date
- Inscription position:
- bottom right
- Inscription content:
- Midland Railway / MANCHESTER
- Inscription method:
- paper label
- Inscription position:
- centre left, verso of frame
- Inscription content:
- Royal Jubilee Exhibition / Manchester 1887. Artist. Arthur H. Marsh Title: Blow! Blow! Thou Wintry Wind owner J. Galloway, jun. Esq.
- Inscription method:
- paper label
- Inscription position:
- verso of frame
- Inscription content:
- Ford & Dickenson / Carvers and Gilders / 90 Wardour Street. W. Drawings mounted, pictures cleaned and restored.
- Inscription method:
- paper label
- Inscription position:
- centre left, verso of frame
- Number of objects:
- 1
- Object component name:
- material
- Object component name:
- support
- Object name:
- watercolour
- Object number:
- HARAG : 339
- Object production person:
- Marsh, Arthur Hardwick
- Use begin date:
- 2013
- Use title:
- In Graphic Detail: Prints and Drawings from the Harrogate Collection
- Use title:
- Royal Jubilee Exhibition
- Use venue:
- The Mercer Art Gallery, Harrogate
- Use venue:
- Manchester
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/7645df7c-a251-3a04-9671-0c23911fa612
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/7645df7c-a251-3a04-9671-0c23911fa612, Mercer Art Gallery, CC BY
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