Oil paint on canvas
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Ramsgate Sands
Presented by Miss Helen Devitt in memory of Sir Thomas Devitt Bt 1924
actions: postures and motions
adults
animals: mammals
architecture
baby
beach
book - non-specific
boy
breakwater
children
cliff
clothing and personal items
England
England, South East
England, Southern
girl
hat, bonnet
horse
Houghton, Susanna
Kent
leisure and pastimes
man
named individuals
objects
people
places
playing
Ramsgate - non-specific
reading
reading, writing, printed matter
recreational activities
sea
seascapes and coasts
shawl
sitting
townscapes / man-made features
UK cities, towns and villages
UK counties
UK countries and regions
walking
walking
wave
woman
<p>The model for the central figure in this picture was Houghton's wife, Susan. Houghton often took his young family on trips to the seaside, and Ramsgate was a favourite destination.The informal atmopshere, and the loosely handled, thin paint suggests that this picture was probably painted on the spot.Susan Houghton was a constant source of inspiration for the artist, and she appears in many of his works, including 'Volunteers', which hangs above.</p><p><em>Gallery label, April 1995</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
7 August 2014 – 24 July 2022
2022-07-24
7 August 2014
2014-08-07
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2014-08-07
Gallery 9
Collection based display
Ramsgate Sands
support: 241 × 298 mm
frame: 440 × 490 × 90 mm
Presented by Miss Helen Devitt in memory of Sir Thomas Devitt Bt 1924
<p>The model for the central figure in this picture was Houghton's wife, Susan. Houghton often took his young family on trips to the seaside, and Ramsgate was a favourite destination.<br/>The informal atmopshere, and the loosely handled, thin paint suggests that this picture was probably painted on the spot.<br/>Susan Houghton was a constant source of inspiration for the artist, and she appears in many of his works, including 'Volunteers', which hangs above.</p>
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1995-04-11T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions adults animals: mammals architecture baby beach book - non-specific boy breakwater children cliff clothing and personal items England England, South East England, Southern girl hat, bonnet horse Houghton, Susanna Kent leisure and pastimes man named individuals objects people places playing Ramsgate - non-specific reading reading, writing, printed matter recreational activities sea seascapes and coasts shawl sitting townscapes / man-made features UK cities, towns and villages UK counties UK countries and regions walking walking wave woman