St Malo
Alfred Herbert (Southend-on-Sea c.1820 - London 1861)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
circa 1844 - 1861
Materials
Watercolour paint, paper and wood
Measurements
432 x 667 mm (17 x 26 1/4 in)
Place of origin
St Malo
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 32670
Summary
Watercolour heightened in white on paper, St Malo by Alfred Herbert (Southend-on-Sea c.1820 - London 1861). View with sea, small fort with red and white flag, foot passengers and horsedrawn covered cart. On back, torn typewritten label reads; ...and vessels, Thames barges down the river / and Dutch fishing boats. He exhibited at Suffolk Street and at the Academy / between 1844 and 1860. His father was a Thames waterman, and the boy left / the river to become a bookbinder; but soon returned to it as his professional / sketching ground. Clever as he was, he made a poor living by his art. / At South Kensington there is a drawing by him ('Man of War off Dover') in the 'William Smith Bequest'. / A FRENCH SEAPORT - 70. Paper label on rh side of back with preprinted address of; V and A Museum / 16 October 1926 / on typed letter about 'Man of War' painted by Alfred Herbert. Lower end framers printed label reads; Tel no. / F Newcombe / C.F. NEWCOMBE AND A.F. NEWCOMBE / CARVER, GILDER AND PRINTSELLER / Picture lining and/or Restoring a Speciality / Manufacturer of / every description of Picture Frames / Park Street Galleries, Bristol / Established 1865. Provenance R.W. ex U.W.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.
Makers and roles
Alfred Herbert (Southend-on-Sea c.1820 - London 1861), artist C. F. and A. F. Newcombe, framemaker