Fifeshire on Arrow Rock [?]

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attr Artist: Longueville
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Description
Watercolour painting on paper, with paper backing. The painting depicts a view from a hillside, of Tasman Bay. In the foreground is the sandy sea shore. To the left is a house, and to the right of the house two figures are depicted. One figure stands on the shore, and a second figure is seated in a dinghy in the water nearby. To the right of the figures three trunks sit upon the sand. In the middle ground on the left is fifeshire rock. In front of the rock is the hull of a ship, which is reflected in the water. Over on the right is the curved arm of the boulder bank. In the background is Tasman Bay, rows of hills, mountains, and sky.
Object type
painting
Media/materials description
Paper;
Media and materials
watercolour/Art
Measurements
Sheet = 227 h x 300 w Composition = 184 h x 259 w
Measurements
Composition = Height x Width (mm) = 184 x 259mm
Sheet = Height x Width (mm) = 227 x 300mm
Collection
Bett Loan Collection
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Subject category
Ships
Harbours
Houses
Hills
Mountains
AC number
AC427
Credit line
Longeville (attrib), after John Wallis Barnicoat (1814-1905). Fifeshire on Arrow Rock, [no date]. Watercolour. Nelson Provincial Museum, Bett Loan Collection: AC427

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Colours

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