French Coast with Fishermen
Richard Parkes Bonington
- Art Funded
- 2004
- Dimensions
- 64.2 x 97.2 cm
- Vendor
- Timothy Palmer through Christie's
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).
Provenance
Amabel, Countess de Grey, 1826; by descent; Hon Timothy Palmer.