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Stanhope Alexander Forbes

1857–1947

The Health of the Bride 1889
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Stanhope Alexander Forbes (18 November 1857 – 2 March 1947) was an Irish artist and a founding member of the influential Newlyn school of painters. He was often called 'the father of the Newlyn School'.

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  • The Health of the Bride

    Stanhope Alexander Forbes
    1889

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  • Letter from Stanhope Forbes to Elizabeth Armstrong

    Stanhope Alexander Forbes, recipient: Elizabeth Forbes
    date not known
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  • Photograph album including photographs of Newlyn and the local community, the artists, their studios and paintings

    Unknown person(s)
    April 1892
  • Photograph showing seven men in an art gallery

    Robinson & Thompson (Liverpool & Birkenhead, UK)
    [c.1900]
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