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A Bird's-eye Map View of the Kingswear Peninsula with a Wind Dial

George Spencer Hoffman (1875 - 1950)
National Trust Inventory Number 85142

Category	Paintings
Date	1927 (signed and dated)
Materials	Oil on panel
Measurements	876 x 1753 mm (34 ½ x 69 in)
Place of origin	England

Collection	Coleton Fishacre, Devon (Accredited Museum)
On show at	Coleton Fishacre, Devon, South West, National Trust

This bird's eye view painting of the peninsula is full of amusing visual puns; a parson is stuck in the mud at Parsons Mud and a boy is being spanked on Slappers Hill.

Summary description

Oil painting on panel, A Bird's-eye Map View of the Kingswear Peninsula with a Wind Dial by George Spencer Hoffman (1875 - 1950), bottom right: SPENCER HOFFMAN – 1927. An overmantel of an aerial map view of the surrounding area and promontory of Coleton Fishacre. A semi-circular depression at top accommodates a circular two tone blue wind dial with gold and black letters with points of compass.

Provenance

Acquired with the house in 1982

Marks and inscriptions

Signed b.r. Spencer Hoffman 1927

Makers and roles

George Spencer Hoffman (1875 - 1950)

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