The Seashore at Dover
Oil Painting
ca. 1849 (painted)
ca. 1849 (painted)
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Stanfield exhibited Shakespeare's Cliff, Dover, in 1849 at the Royal Academy in 1863, now in the National Maritime Museum in London; this is a smaller version of the subject. The white cliffs of Dover are one of the most well-known views in England - the first sight of the country for travellers by boat from continental Europe. By this time, a tunnel had been constructed for the London-Dover railway, and of course in recent years Shakespeare's Cliff has assumed a new fame as the site of the construction of the Channel Tunnel, which physically links Britain with Europe for the first time since the Ice Age. Although based on drawings made on the spot in 1849, the painting is a late work, and demonstrates Stanfield's assured handling of oil paint, particularly in the sky.
Object details
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| Title | The Seashore at Dover |
| Materials and techniques | oil on canvas |
| Brief description | Oil painting, 'The Sea-shore at Dover', Clarkson Stanfield, ca. 1849 |
| Physical description | Stanfield exhibited Shakespeare's Cliff, Dover, in 1849 at the Royal Academy in 1863, now in the National Maritime Museum in London; this is a smaller version of the subject. The white cliffs of Dover are one of the most well-known views in England - the first sight of the country for travellers by boat from continental Europe. By this time, a tunnel had been constructed for the London-Dover railway, and of course in recent years Shakespeare's Cliff has assumed a new fame as the site of the construction of the Channel Tunnel, which physically links Britain with Europe for the first time since the Ice Age. Although based on drawings made on the spot in 1849, the painting is a late work, and demonstrates Stanfield's assured handling of oil paint, particularly in the sky. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss E. Anderson |
| Object history | Bequeathed by Miss E. Anderson, 1893 |
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| Bibliographic reference | Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 275 |
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| Accession number | 680-1893 |
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| Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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