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Harbour with China Clay Tips

Alfred Wallis, 1855

Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal
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Alfred Wallis’ atmospheric painting Harbour with China Clay Tips is a distinctive work by the self-taught visionary St Ives artist and fisherman.

The painting joins Abbot Hall’s small but strong collection of work by St Ives artists. Comparisons can also be drawn between Wallis’ paintings and those of Percy Kelly, the selftaught Cumbrian artist whose work is prominent in the gallery’s collection.

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Title of artwork, date

Harbour with China Clay Tips, 1855

Date supported

2018

Medium and material

Oil on Cardboard

Dimensions

16.5 x 37

Gifted by

Alan Bowness

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