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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/julius-caesar-ibbetson-292" aria-label="More by Julius Caesar Ibbetson" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Julius Caesar Ibbetson</a>
Smugglers on Irish Coast
Purchased 1895
actions: expressive
actions: postures and motions
adults
animals: mammals
barrel
boat - non-specific
cart
coast
countries and continents
crime and punishment
crowd
donkey
groups
horse
Ireland
man
objects
people
places
riding
rocky
sea
seascapes and coasts
smuggler
society
standing
talking
transport: land
transport: water
vessels and containers
woman
work and occupations
<p>The delicate handling and muted colours of this composition are typical features of the small, highly finished landscapes for which Ibbetson was renowned. Kegs of smuggled liquor are being unloaded from the ferry boat moored in the rocky inlet. The illicit goods appear to be eagerly awaited by a crowd of lively figures conversing and carousing in the foreground.The title of the picture is traditional and there is no record that Ibbetson visited Ireland. It was painted after the artist's return to Yorkshire, the county of his birth, after many years touring Great Britain in search of picturesque scenery.</p><p><em>Gallery label, August 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
Smugglers on the Irish Coast
support: 546 × 851 mm
frame: 795 × 1100 × 120 mm
Purchased 1895
<p>The delicate handling and muted colours of this <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/c/composition" title="Glossary definition for 'Composition'"><span>composition</span></a> are typical features of the small, highly finished <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/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscapes</span></a> for which Ibbetson was renowned. Kegs of smuggled liquor are being unloaded from the ferry boat moored in the rocky inlet. The illicit goods appear to be eagerly awaited by a crowd of lively figures conversing and carousing in the foreground.<br/>The title of the picture is traditional and there is no record that Ibbetson visited Ireland. It was painted after the artist's return to Yorkshire, the county of his birth, after many years touring Great Britain in search of <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/picturesque" title="Glossary definition for 'Picturesque'"><span>picturesque</span></a> scenery.</p>
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2004-08-18T00:00:00
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actions: expressive actions: postures and motions adults animals: mammals barrel boat - non-specific cart coast countries and continents crime and punishment crowd donkey groups horse Ireland man objects people places riding rocky sea seascapes and coasts smuggler society standing talking transport: land transport: water vessels and containers woman work and occupations