Calais Pier

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Government Art Collection

Thomas Bush Hardy, marine artist, was born in Sheffield. As a youth he travelled to America, where he fought on the side of the Union during the Civil War of 1860 to 1865. He then lived in France and Holland, before returning to England. He is best remembered for his paintings of the River Thames and English coastal shipping scenes. He regularly exhibited work at the Royal Academy and the New Watercolour Society between 1871 and 1897 and, in 1884, was elected a member of the Royal Society of British Artists. He died in London on 15 December 1897 and was survived by eight children, of whom three became artists, the most well-known being Dudley Hardy (1867-1922), a painter and illustrator.

Places

English Channel, France, Calais

Subjects

rowing boat, fisherman, topography, seascape/coastal scene, wave, flag, pier, harbour, lighthouse, tower, sailboat, ship, oar, buoy

Materials & Techniques

paper (as artists material), watercolour (as artists materials), watercolour (as object name)

Artist

Thomas Bush Hardy (1842 - 1897)

Title

Calais Pier

Date

1895

Medium

Watercolour on paper

Dimensions

height: 32.70 cm, width: 51.50 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from Appleby Bros, March 1974

Inscription

bl: Calais Pier. / T. B. Hardy. 1895

GAC number

11055