A Calm Day at the Land's End, Cornwall
Rev. Frederick Christian Jackson (1825 - Great Stanmore 1898)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1845 - 1898
Materials
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
780 x 490 mm
Place of origin
Land's End
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 17517
Summary
Watercolour on paper, A Calm Day at the Land's End, Cornwall by Reverend Frederick Christian Jackson (1825 - Great Stanmore 1898), signed in bottom right corner; F. C. Jackson. Large watercolour painting of Land's End showing rocky cliffs to the right with calm seas and gulls in the foreground. The background has a sailing ship and a lighthouse. Mounted on cream card on which is written in pencil; A calm day at the Land's End.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.
Marks and inscriptions
A calm day at the Land's End
Makers and roles
Rev. Frederick Christian Jackson (1825 - Great Stanmore 1898), artist