On the Rocks, watercolor, signed with initials and dated '52,
7 3/4" X 12 1/2" sight, 19.5" x 24" framed.

About the Painting: This painting is in excellent condition, mounted in a custom gilt frame with triple mount.

During the sail era, the coast of England (and other countries, too, presumably) was ringed with shelters, stocked with supplies - the incidence of ship wreck was so common. Charles Parsons Knight has captured the aftermath of such a disaster, but with survivors making their way up the trail to one of these shelters. A clean, bright little picture in the best of English watercolor tradition.

About the Artist: Bristol landscape and marine painter. At an early age was making drawings of ships in Bristol harbour. Went to sea as a sailor, and on his return studied at the Bristol Academy. Exhib. in London, 1857-95 at RA, BI, SS and NG. Subjects coastal landscapes, and studies of sea and sky. Several of his works are in Bristol AG. - from The Dictionary of Victorian Painters.

NOTE: During the sail era, the coast of England (and other countries, too, presumably) was ringed with shelters, stocked with supplies - the incidence of ship wreck was so common. Charles Parsons Knight has captured the aftermath of such a disaster, but with survivors making their way up the trail to one of these shelters.



See an example of Knight's work at The Tate.

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