William Broome, Fishing Boats In A Strong Breeze Off Dover

William Broome, Fishing Boats In A Strong Breeze Off DoverThis fine late 19th century oil painting by British artist William Broome (1839 1894) depicts a French fishing boat buffeted by waves off the coast at Dover, Kent. Broome was an accomplished maritime painter who worked predominantly in the south east of England. Thrust by the irrepressible force of the English Channel, the vessels bow rises and crashes through the spray. Its a dramatic scene of seafaring theatre set under a rapidly evolving melancholy

Antonio Francesco Mensi (1800-1888)

gives the appearance of an ancient ruin

I have [heard] from Mr Radcliffes and am sorry to hear from that letter the news that the picture of the little girl is not hung

A fine early 20th-century oil on canvas depicting a rural scene with a milkmaid and a stable boy

Henningsen was an accomplished painter of genre scenes

He looks towards us with a quizzical expression and a slight smirk - perhaps concealing a few tales from the ocean

Labels & Inscriptions: Titled and dated on the gilt mount

The results were fantastical

fell deeply in love with it

This charming early 19th-century English school oil painting depicts a bay horse before a picturesque landscape

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The duo lived in a gazebo near Sickla