Ladders
The ladder motifs are instruments of humour, composition or a 'certain significance'. You will have to search hard to find the ladders in some of these pictures.
The Shroud (1983)
oil on board - 40h × 29.5w (cm)
This is similar to Cleaning the Crucifix painted the same year. In this picture the empty ladder and the shroud left over the head of Christ to await Easter and the portentous landscape behind all combine to create an emotional response. The jagged course of the mountain stream is reminiscent of the lightning rending the Curtain of the Temple as Christ gave up the ghost.
Gay Lane (1952)
oil on canvas - 76h × 63.5w (cm)
Richard’s memories of Bradford when he was a child are tinged with a lovely humour. But the man lighting the street lamp, perched on his ladder is an accurate bit of history.
Cleaning the Crucifix (1983)
oil on board - 36.8h × 26.7w (cm)
Pier Head (1982)
oil on board - 56.5h × 77.5w (cm)
Mischief Night (1975)
oil on canvas - 78.8h × 122w (cm)
Beach, Figures and Boats (1975)
oil on board - 30.5h × 30.5w (cm)
Threadneedle Street 1855 (1966)
- 101.6h × 127w (cm)
Deposition, Study from an Alabaster Carving (1964)
oil on board - 50.8h × 40.6w (cm)
Near Seaview, Isle of Wight (1962)
oil on board - 22h × 61w (cm)
Men of Straw (1957)
oil on panel - 50.8h × 101.6w (cm)
Northern Landscape (1957)
oil on canvas - 102h × 128w (cm)
York Festival Triptych (1956)
oil on canvas - 130.8h × 196.2w (cm)
Coast Scene with Rainbow (1953)
oil on canvas - 122.5h × 183.5w (cm)
The Quay, Low Tide (1951)
oil on canvas - 15.5h × 20.5w (cm)
Marine Harvest (1949)
oil on canvas - 55.9h × 60.9w (cm)
Remembrance of Things Past (1947)
oil on canvas - 50.5h × 74.5w (cm)
The Dreamer (1946)
oil on panel - 21h × 27.5w (cm)
December, Work Suspended (1940)
oil on canvas - 101.6h × 127w (cm)
Sunbathing on the Jetty, Penzance (1939)
oil on canvas - 40h × 50w (cm)
Antwerp (1939)
oil on canvas - 101.6h × 127w (cm)
Thatching in Hampshire (c1939)
- 41h × 61w (cm)
Quayside, Dorset (1937)
oil on canvas - 51h × 75w (cm)
Boats at Lyme Regis (1937)
oil on canvas - 50.6h × 60.9w (cm)
Harbour Scene, Penzance (c1937)
oil on panel - 37h × 45w (cm)
Dry Dock, Southampton (1935)
oil on canvas - 61.5h × 75w (cm)
Portland Quarries (1934)
oil on canvas - 49.5h × 74w (cm)
Fog Bank, Whitby (1934)
oil on canvas - 50.8h × 76.2w (cm)
Golden Cap (1932)
oil on canvas - 35.5h × 50.8w (cm)
Old Man with a Stick (1927)
pencil on paper - 37h × 27w (cm)
The Crucifixion (1924)
oil on canvas - 76.2h × 101.6w (cm)