A St Ives Fisherman (from a set of six portraits)
Sydney Elmer Schofield (1901 - 1983)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1940
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
770 x 665 mm
Place of origin
Cornwall
Order this imageCollection
Godolphin, Cornwall
NT 169636
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A St Ives Fisherman (from a set of six portraits) by Sydeny Elmer Schofield (1901 - Cornwall 1983), circa 1940. One of a set of 6 portraits some of St Ives fishermen. A half-length portrait, to left, with brown fisherman's smock, blcak moustache and trilby hat.
Provenance
Formerly owned by Mrs Mary Schofield (1917 - 2008); bought by the National Trust in 2007
Credit line
Godolphin, The Schofield Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
Verso: Stretcher on frame inscribed 'S.E.Schofield, St. Ives'.
Makers and roles
Sydney Elmer Schofield (1901 - 1983), artist