St Mary’s Isle, near Whitley; A Storm in the Offing
John Turnbull Dixon (1844 - 1926)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1891 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
300 x 600 mm
Place of origin
Northumberland
Order this imageCollection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1230262.2
Caption
With its red-roofed cottages, it is the vibrant colours in this painting which are perhaps most striking. Dixon painted this picture before St Mary’s lighthouse was built at Whitley Bay, and he exhibited it in 1891 at the Bewick Club in Newcastle. He has subtly combined traditional sailing vessels and a modern steam ship in the same painting.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, St Mary’s Isle, near Whitley; A Storm in the Offing, by John Turnbull Dixon (1844 – 1926), signed and dated: J T Dixon 91 [1891] ( JTD in monogram). A landscape painting showing a row of red-roofed cottages on the coast at St Mary's Isle, Whitley Bay, with the sea beyond and a storm brewing to the left.
Provenance
Armstrong collection. Transferred by the Treasury to The National Trust in 1977 via the National Land Fund, aided by 3rd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1919 - 1987).
Credit line
Cragside, The Armstrong Collection (acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1977)
Marks and inscriptions
Bottom right.: J T Dixon / ’ 91
Makers and roles
John Turnbull Dixon (1844 - 1926), artist