Maryport, Cumbria

Catalogue entry

T03159 MARYPORT, CUMBRIA 1965

Inscribed ‘FELL’ bottom right
Oil on canvas, 40 3/8 × 50 (102 × 127)
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1980
Prov: Purchased from the artist's estate by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1980
Exh: (?) RA, May–August 1965 (653 as ‘Maryport’); Sheila Fell, New Grafton Gallery, November–December 1979 (4); RA, May–August 1980 (73)
Repr: RA Illustrated, 1980, p.4

Sheila Fell was born and brought up in Aspatria, Cumberland. Although she lived in London for most of her later life, she continued to make frequent visits to her family in Cumberland and took her subjects from the landscape there. She painted a number of views of Maryport, which lies on the coast, about ten miles south-west of Aspatria.

Published in:
The Tate Gallery 1980-82: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions, London 1984

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