French Coast with Fishermen

Richard Parkes Bonington (1802 - 1828)

Tate Collection

circa 1825

Beach at low tide, in rich morning or evening light with the sun reflected in glistening sands. A group of fishermen and women stand in the foreground, with a horse, various baskets and the day's catch. It was this type of work by Bonington that JWM Turner later famously paid hommage to with his work 'Calais Sands' (1830).

• Medium: oil on canvas
• Dimensions: 64.2 x 97.2cm
• Art Fund Grant: £100000 ( Total: £1,284,026; Tax Remission; Export stopped)
• ArtFunded in: 2004
• Vendor: Timothy Palmer through Christie's

Provenance

Amabel, Countess de Grey, 1826; by descent; Hon Timothy Palmer.

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