Oil paint on canvas
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Chantrey Bequest
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<a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/charles-william-wyllie-617" aria-label="More by Charles William Wyllie" data-gtm-name="header_link_artist" data-gtm-destination="page--artist">Charles William Wyllie</a>
Digging Bait
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1877
adults
agriculture and fishing
agriculture, gardening & fishing
Ambleteuse
beach
boat - non-specific
cities, towns, villages (non-UK)
coast
countries and continents
digging
fish basket
fisherman / fisherwoman
France, Pas-de-Calais
group
groups
man
objects
people
places
seascapes and coasts
society
spade
transport: water
woman
work and occupations
painting oil paint canvas
Digging for Bait
support: 660 × 1270 mm
Presented by the Trustees of the <a href="/search?gid=999999977" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Chantrey Bequest</a> 1877
<p><b>N01594</b> DIGGING FOR BAIT 1877</p>
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<p>Inscr. ‘C. W. Wyllie 1877’ b.l.
<br/>Canvas, 26 1/4×50 (66·5×127).
<br/>Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1877.
<br/><i>Exh:</i>
R.A., 1877 (577).
<br/><i>Repr:</i> Sir Edward J. Poynter, <i>The National Gallery</i>, III, 1900, p.397.</p>
<p>Painted at Ambleteuse, near Boulogne.</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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Catalogue entry
2004-07-16T00:00:00
catalogue-entry
CATALOGUE_ENTRY
adults agriculture and fishing agriculture, gardening & fishing Ambleteuse beach boat - non-specific cities, towns, villages (non-UK) coast countries and continents digging fish basket fisherman / fisherwoman France, Pas-de-Calais group groups man objects people places seascapes and coasts society spade transport: water woman work and occupations