From the beach at Exmouth, Devonshire

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

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.

Places

England, Exmouth, Devon, River Exe

Subjects

wagon, topography, genre, seascape/coastal scene, beach, flag, house, cottage, sailboat, ship

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), pencil, wash drawing, pencil drawing, wash, grey

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