Bergen

George Mounsey Wheatley Atkinson (c1806 - 1884)
George Mounsey Atkinson ( - 1908)

Colour lithograph

c1852

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: Norway
    City: Oslo
    Place: British Embassy
  • About the artist
    George Mounsey Wheatley Atkinson was born in Cobh, County Cork. He initially worked as a ship’s carpenter and later became Government Surveyor of Shipping and Emigrants in Cobh. Atkinson turned to painting in his mid-thirties and was entirely self-taught. A contemporary commentator later noted that his paintings of ships were ‘faultless in every detail’. In 1849, he held a one-man exhibition in a pavilion in Cobh, marking the visit of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert in that year. He also recorded the royal visit through several paintings. Atkinson had three sons and a daughter, all of whom followed in their father’s footsteps in becoming painters.
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    Artist
    George Mounsey Wheatley Atkinson (c1806 - 1884)
    George Mounsey Atkinson ( - 1908)
    Title
    Bergen
    Portfolio Title
    Sketches in Norway
    Date
    c1852
    Medium
    Colour lithograph
    Acquisition
    Purchased from F B Daniell, April 1951
    GAC number
    1274