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Old Shipping in Heybridge Basin
Purchased 1950
boat, sailing
boat, steam
England
England, East
Essex
estuary
Heybridge Basin
places
ship - non-specific
society
transport: water
UK counties
UK countries and regions
UK natural features
water: inland
painting oil paint canvas
Old Shipping in Heybridge Basin
support: 812 × 814 mm
Purchased 1950
<p><b>N05945</b> OLD SHIP IN HEYBRIDGE BASIN 1947</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘Elliott Seabrooke 1947’ b.r.
<br/>Canvas, 32×32 (81×81).
<br/>Purchased from the artist's widow (Grant-in-Aid) 1950.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> London Group, May–June 1947 (123), as ‘Heybridge Basin, No.1’; <i>Autumn Exhibition, </i>Brighton, 1947 (48).</p>
<p>Heybridge lies on the estuary of the River Blackwater, Essex, and the artist painted many subjects in this area. Three pictures, ‘Heybridge Basin No.1’ (<a class="acno-pop" data-gtm-destination="page--artwork" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/seabrooke-old-shipping-in-heybridge-basin-n05945" title="View the details of this artwork"><span>N05945</span></a>), ‘Heybridge Basin No.2’ and ‘Heybridge Basin No.3’, were shown at the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/london-group" title="Glossary definition for 'London Group'"><span>London Group</span></a> exhibition in 1947.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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2004-10-08T00:00:00
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boat, sailing boat, steam England England, East Essex estuary Heybridge Basin places ship - non-specific society transport: water UK counties UK countries and regions UK natural features water: inland