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 169637
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, A St Ives Fisherman (from a set of six portraits) by Sydney Elmer Schofield (1901 - Cornwall 1983), circa 1940. A half-length portrait wearing a white smock, sitting, facing, against a black draped background.
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: Label on frame reads 'Grand Central Art Galleries, Inc. 14 Vanderbilt Avenue, New York.' A 128. Verso: Name of sitter (presumably) inscribed on label on reverse, but too faint to read.
Makers and roles
Sydney Elmer Schofield (1901 - 1983), artist