Boat off Hastings Antique Marine Oil Painting by William Henry Borrow (1840–1905

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Boat off Hastings Antique Marine Oil Painting by William Henry Borrow (1840–1905:
$634.11

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Boats off HastingsOriginal Oil Painting on CanvasLaid onto Board 1891by William Henry Borrow (1840–1905)

Similar listed to £8,750 GBP ($14,295 USD)at sale.
Signed and datedlower right. Signed again and inscribed verso.
There are25 paintings by this artist in the British National Art Collection.
Painting - 30cm (11 3/4\") x 46cm (18\")

Lot Notes

A very fine oil painting depicting a boy in a boat off Hastings by important 19th century marine painter William Henry Borrow. The painting is signed and dated lower right.

Borrow\'s work is highly collectible realising thousands of pounds at sale. Please see the snapshots of sale results in the photograph section of this listing.

Condition

The canvas laid onto board and with pinholes at the extremities. The painting would benefit from a light clean and with some minor areas of paint loss largely confined to the extremities. The board is slightly warped. Unframed.

Artist Information

William Henry Borrow left Hastings to study painting in London at Leigh\'s school where his principal tutor was the Marine painter, James Danby. He seems to have returned to Hastings around 1875 (other sources – 1874, 1877) In 1869 he married a Hastings local girl, Mary Wingfield in London. His annual exhibition at Carlisle Parade became a feature of town life and gave pleasure to thousands. He is recorded as living at 9 High Wickham, 2 Braybrooke Road, 7 St Helens Terrace and 88 St Helen\'s Road, where he died in 1905, aged 64. After his death his daughter Fanny held an exhibition in 1955 at the Yelton Hotel, of the works which were in his studio at the time of his death. There were 59 watercolours and thirty oils, with subject matter ranging from Cornwall to Holland and back to Hastings. Many of Borrow\'s paintings were reproduced as postcards and can still be bought today. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, in London, between 1863 and 1890. His subjects were mostly coastal scenes in Devon and Cornwall. He also produced a string of paintings with Hastings titles, and these include High Tide, Near Hastings. Landing the Catch, Hastings; A Rough Sea, Hastings; The Storm at Hastings, painted in February 1890, is one of his last known paintings. Landing the Catch – painted when Hastings fishermen were still allowed to catch what they wanted in Sussex waters – also features Hastings Pier, which was then only fourteen years old.

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