Fishmarket at Brighthelmstone c. 1789?
Pen and watercolour with traces of pencil | 19.4 x 30.1 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 913689
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A watercolour of boats pulled onto the shore at Brighton (then known as Brighthelmstone). Freshly caught fish are being sold on the beach. It may have been made from studies taken by Rowlandson on his trip to the town with Henry Wigstead, which was to form the basis of the illustrated publication An Excursion to Brighthelmstone.
Provenance
In the Royal Collection by c. 1926
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Pen and watercolour with traces of pencil
Measurements
19.4 x 30.1 cm (sheet of paper)
Object type(s)
Other number(s)
RL 13689Bibliographic reference(s)
O(E) : Oppé, A.P., 1950. English Drawings in the Collection of His Majesty The King at Windsor Castle, London O(E) 534