From the beach at Exmouth, Devonshire

Hubert Cornish (c1770 - 1832)

Pencil and grey wash on paper

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  • About the work
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    Country: UK
    City: London
    Place: Government Art Collection
  • About the artist
    Hubert Cornish was a lawyer from Devon, who also became an accomplished painter of landscapes in watercolour. Most of his work was inspired by rural and coastal scenes in Devon. Cornish travelled through England and Wales and painted landscapes in Somerset, Denbighshire (north-east Wales) and the Lake District. He may be the Hubert Cornish who died at about the age of 55 at his seat at Black Hall, in Devon, in 1832.
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    Artist
    Hubert Cornish (c1770 - 1832)
    Title
    From the beach at Exmouth, Devonshire
    Date
    Medium
    Pencil and grey wash on paper
    Dimensions
    height: 31.80 cm, width: 49.00 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from Appleby Bros, November 1972
    Inscription
    verso: from the beach at Exmouth Devon
    GAC number
    10460