Tunny Fishing, Whitby
1933
oil on canvas
63.5h x 76.5w (cm)
- REPThis work has been previously attributed to a painting in Richard's 1935 Redfern Gallery exhibition - "Fishing Boats, Whitby" [Cat 20]. However, we have found details in Richard's sales diary which help us get a clearer picture.
It turns out that "Fishing Boats, Whitby" [Cat 20] was much smaller than the work on this page, so that title it is now attributed to a separate work. In addition, when we read the interesting background notes from the Tennant's auction about the painting marking the landing of the UK's largest tunny fish and added the fact that the painting's dimensions matched those of a work sold in 1934, we realised that the original title of this work is "Tunny Fishing, Whitby"!
We have no record of "Tunny Fishing, Whitby" being shown in an exhibition.
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Lyme Regis (1932)
Fisherman on the bow of the trawler above wearing a similar billicock / bowler hat.
Man in a Bowler Hat (1936)
Fisherman on the bow of the trawler above wearing a similar billicock / bowler hat.