North Foreland Lighthouse, Broadstairs, Kent (1929-31)

Elwin Henry (Hay) Hawthorn(e)

oil on canvas

Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth

North Foreland Lighthouse, Broadstairs, Kent (1929-31)

Classification:

Painting

Materials:

Oil, Canvas

Dimensions:

46 x 51.3 cm

Accession Number:

:BORGM 01036

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1934

Scheme:

Gift

Ownership history:

At Alex. Reid & Lefevre, London, 1931 (for 12 gns); gifted by Edward Marsh (1872-1953) to the Contemporary Art Society, 1933; presented to Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth, 1934

Relationship:

Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth Edward 'Eddie' Howard Marsh

Subject:

Landscape, Architecture

The painting North Foreland Lighthouse, Broadstairs, Kent (1929) was gifted to the the Contemporary Art Society by Sir Edward Marsh and presented to Russell Cotes Gallery, Bournemouth in 1934. It is the prototype for the lithograph for the iconic Everywhere you go - You can be sure of Shell poster series, commissioned by the advertising executive Jack Beddington (1893-1959) in 1931.

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