Manchester Art Gallery

Fishing Boats: Evening

Copley Fielding, 1787 - 1855



Fishing Boats: Evening

Copley Fielding 1787 - 1855

Summary

Coastal landscape. A figure can be seen to left of centre standing on the beach with a net and pole over his shoulder. In the right foreground lobster creels and an anchor are lying on the beach. To the right midground is a sailed boat with two figures. One figure is standing to the left of the boat, the other is standing in the boat. There is a wooden jetty to the right midground. The sun is low in the sky at centre background.


Object Name

Fishing Boats: Evening

Creators Name

Copley Fielding

Date Created

1825 (circa)

Dimensions

support: 27.6cm x 33.7cm

accession number

1917.144

Collection Group

fine art
on paper, unique
British

Place of creation

Europe

Support

paper

Medium

watercolour
gouache
gum arabic

Credit

Mr James Thomas Blair bequest, 1917.

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