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Carting seaweed on the coast of Guernsey

Watercolour
1853 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Duncan began his career working for an aquatint engraver; for over fifty years he exhibited his watercolours, mainly marine subjects, at the Old, and New, Watercolour Societies. Marine painters could either specialise in depicting the accurate details of particular types of ships and boats, giving details of their construction, sails and rigging, or, like Duncan, give a less specific view of the coast, usually with some element of human activity to give more vitality to the scene. Here, the job is carting seaweed a marine algae that was of great economic significance. The labour and labourers depicted here may be construed in the same sense as those in De Wint's Cornfield or Linnell's Harvest Moon (cat.nos. 134 and 52).


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleCarting seaweed on the coast of Guernsey
Materials and techniques
Watercolour
Brief description
Carting seaweed on the coast of Guernsey by Edward Duncan, 1853.
Physical description
Duncan began his career working for an aquatint engraver; for over fifty years he exhibited his watercolours, mainly marine subjects, at the Old, and New, Watercolour Societies. Marine painters could either specialise in depicting the accurate details of particular types of ships and boats, giving details of their construction, sails and rigging, or, like Duncan, give a less specific view of the coast, usually with some element of human activity to give more vitality to the scene. Here, the job is carting seaweed a marine algae that was of great economic significance. The labour and labourers depicted here may be construed in the same sense as those in De Wint's Cornfield or Linnell's Harvest Moon (cat.nos. 134 and 52).
Dimensions
  • Framed height: 62.3cm
  • Framed width: 93.2cm
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
1023-1873

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Record createdDecember 15, 1999
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