Dutch Herring Bus Unloading on the Beach

Location

Country: Netherlands
City: The Hague
Place: British Embassy

While a lone man on horseback rides along the shore, a Dutch fishing boat unloads the days’ catch. This view of a ship on the coast with fishermen is typical of the work of William Shayer.

William Shayer was born in Southampton, where he began his career as a painter of furniture. He later established himself as a coach painter in Guildford, Surrey. He became known for skilfully painting coats of arms and painted the funeral escutcheon for the fourth Earl of Richmond. After returning to Southampton to visit his family, he received some instruction from landscapist John (Jock) Wilson. Shayer then moved to Bladon Lodge, Shirley, near Southampton, to establish himself as a landscape artist. He became a member of the Society of British Artists in 1862 and also exhibited at the Royal Academy and the British Institution in London. He died aged 92, at his home in Shirley. The artist William Joseph Shayer (1811-1892) was his son.

Places

Subjects

fishing boat, fisherman, horseback, genre, seascape/coastal scene, horse, beach, man

Materials & Techniques

canvas, oil, oil painting

Artist

William Shayer (1788 - 1879)

Title

Dutch Herring Bus Unloading on the Beach

Date

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 49.00 cm, width: 87.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased from the Parker Gallery, October 1961

Provenance

With the Parker Gallery, London; from whom purchased by the Ministry of Works in October 1964

GAC number

5647