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HENRY SCOTT TUKE (BRITISH, 1858-1929)
Barques at Anchor in Falmouth
signed and dated 'H.S. TUKE 1921' (lower left)
watercolour
24.5 x 34cm
Provenance
Madame Hawke of Newquay (Tuke registers, R989);
Sale, Sotheby's, Billingshurst, 14th June 1985, lot 2245;
Sale, R.A. Fenner & Co. Tavistock, 30th November 1992, lot 45
Literature
The Registers of Henry Scott Tuke, Annotated by B.D. Price, 1983, register no. R.989
| Estimate: | £1,000 - £2,000 |
| Hammer price: | £1,200 |
Footnote
This typically
accomplished and atmospheric depiction was, according
to the Tuke registers, one of a number of pictures sold to Madame
Hawke, a knitwear entrepreneur, based in Newquay. Widowed with six children to raise, Hawke
bought a knitting machine and set up a shop which went on to supply Debenhams
in London. This demand led to further
expansion which, at its peak, provided local employment for 450 staff.
Tuke owned a number of boats in his lifetime, including a 100-tonne brigantine 'Julie of Nantes' which he used as a floating studio.
Condition Report
The sheet is sound; a couple of media spots in the sky, upper left, otherwise good original condition with strong colour; framed and under glass, unexamined out of frame.