A Bird's-eye Map View of the Kingswear Peninsula with a Wind Dial
George Spencer Hoffman (1875 - 1950)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
1927 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
876 x 1753 mm (34 ½ x 69 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Coleton Fishacre, Devon
NT 85142
Caption
This bird's eye view painting of the peninsula is full of amusing visual puns; a parson is stuck in the mud at Parsons Mud and a boy is being spanked on Slappers Hill.
Summary
Oil painting on panel, A Bird's-eye Map View of the Kingswear Peninsula with a Wind Dial by George Spencer Hoffman (1875 - 1950), bottom right: SPENCER HOFFMAN – 1927. An overmantel of an aerial map view of the surrounding area and promontory of Coleton Fishacre. A semi-circular depression at top accommodates a circular two tone blue wind dial with gold and black letters with points of compass.
Provenance
Acquired with the house in 1982
Marks and inscriptions
Signed b.r. Spencer Hoffman 1927
Makers and roles
George Spencer Hoffman (1875 - 1950)