© Falmouth Art Gallery
A Morning Gossip
Artist: Henry Scott Tuke (1858 - 1929)
Location: Falmouth Art Gallery
Date: 1885
Materials: oil on panel
Dimensions: 27 x 34cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £17,667 (Total: £34,500)
Vendor: W H Lane & Son, Penzance
Review number: 5898 (2007)
Provenance:
J.S.Bartlett; exhibited 19th Century Art Society Spring 1886; Prof John Heckinlively by circa 1985.
Description:
Tuke rented a cottage in Falmouth and it is from the cottage garden that this view was taken. The figures are Mrs Andrews and Mrs Fouracre, who is holding her baby Richard. Richard later appears in Tuke's well known work 'The Message' which is in Falmouth Art Gallery’s collection and was selected for the Royal Academy Art Treasures from England exhibition in 1998.
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