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, addressed North Wales
Stanhope Alexander Forbes, recipient: Elizabeth Forbes
25 August 1887

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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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The Health of the Bride

Sketches, letters, etc.

Letter from Stanhope Forbes to Elizabeth Armstrong, addressed North Wales

Photograph album including photographs of Newlyn and the local community, the artists, their studios and paintings

Photograph showing seven men in an art gallery

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