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Millington Adams
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William Thornley – “Shipping on the Medway & A Fresh Breeze”
( England
c. 1880
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Medium
Oil on Canvas
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Signed/Inscribed/Dated
Both signed
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Dimensions
12.00inch wide
14.00inch high
(30.48 cm wide 35.56 cm high)
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Provenance
From a private collector in Cheshire
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Literature:
For more information visit our website: www.millingtonadams.com
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Condition:
Excellent. The pictures have been lightly cleaned. Old re-lining.
Please note the frames are the same shade of gold, photographic inadequacies caused the difference in shade shown here.
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Description / Expertise
“Shipping on the Medway & A Fresh Breeze” are a very good pair of atmospheric pictures depicting shipping and coastal life in an important 19th century port and along a breezy coastline. Painted by a man who liked to confuse others with the use in his professional life of variations of his name - William Thornley.
According to art historian Denys Brook-Hart, Thornley was actually a man called Charles Thornley who worked from an address in Paddington London, but later moved to Rochester in Kent. Although called Charles, his most known name was William Thornley, he would sell and exhibit his pictures under the names Charles Thornley, William Thornley, Hubert Thornley or variations of Thornbery, all these painters actually being the same man. Thornley flourished from 1859-1898 and exhibited at Royal Academy through out this period. He also exhibited at the British Institution from 1861 till its closure in 1867. His style was very distinctive and no matter what name he used to sign a particular painting, all his works were delightfully executed with atmosphere, presence and great detail.
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Status:
SOLD
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