Fishing Scene, Teignmouth Beach and the Ness
A typical example of Luny’s small scale paintings of the South Devon coastline. As shown here, the hauling in of fishing nets was a community task which involved women and children as well as the regular fishermen.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 217/1905
- Category
- Fine Art
- Collection Class
- Paintings
- Medium
- oil on panel
- Common Name
- Fishing Scene, Teignmouth Beach and the Ness
- Simple Name
- painting
- Inscription Transcription
- Luny 1831; This painting is by the Will of John Gullett Geare esq, given to Miss Elizabeth Manley for her life, and on her death it is given to the Albert Museum at Exeter (signed in ink) W A Geare executor 57 Lincoln’s In Fileds WC Jan 11th 1895; restored for a photographic exhibition May 1961 E R Potter. Cleaned by CY 1975
- Period Classification
- William IV (1830-1837)
- Production Town
- Teignmouth
- Production County
- Devon
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Date
- 1831
- Production Person Initials
- Thomas
- Production Person Surname
- Luny
- Production Year Low
- Production Year High
