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Study for The Seine Boat

Stanhope Alexander Forbes, 1904

Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro
© the artist's estate. All Rights Reserved 2010 / Bridgeman Art Library

This is an interesting preparatory study for the painting The Seine Boat and illustrates the artist's skill in producing finely-observed character details by concentrating on a few figures seen from close range. The bearded old man, known as Uncle William, occurs in several of Forbes's works. The subject had importance for the museum's education work on the Cornish fishing industry as it depicts a Seine boat, used for pilchard fishing until 1920.

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Title of artwork, date

Study for The Seine Boat, 1904

Date supported

1996

Medium and material

Pencil & crayon on paper

Dimensions

45 x 59 cm

Grant

500

Total cost

2000

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