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On Paul Hill

Acc.no: PEZPH : 2006.26


IDENFIFICATION

Full Name: oil painting

Brief Description: View of Newlyn Harbour, looking down Adit Lane. After the horror of the First World War, this painting is full of optimism, with the next generation basking in Cornish sunshine, but in the far distance the Cenotaph (completed the year this was painted) shines like a beacon to remember those lost to save such an idyll.


PRODUCTION

Person: Forbes, Stanhope Alexander, R.A.

Date: b 1857, d 1947

Production Date: 1922

Frame Width: 1360 mm

Image Width: 1190 mm

Frame Height: 1070 mm

Frame Width: 1360 mm

Frame: gilt

Support: canvas

Frame: wood


Category: Fine Art

If you are interested in learning more about this item please contact us and reference "PEZPH : 2006.26"

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