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The Scar and Whitby Abbey

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Artist

Alfred William Hunt (1830-1896)

Collection

Guy Peppiatt Fine Art

Description

Watercolour. Hunt's first visit to Whitby was in around 1874 and he returned on a number of occasions. This shows the prominent headland to the south-east of Whitby and The Scar or Scaur which is the rock area at the base of the cliffs.

This appears to be a preliminary sketch for a watercolour in the V & A entitled `Wind of the Eastern Sea' (see Christopher Newall, Alfred William Hunt, exhibition catalogue, 2004, p.168-9, no.59, ill.) which shows the same view and is dated to circa 1888. The Abbey is taken from the south-east and the two jetties of Whitby harbour are just visible beyond the headland.

The artist's daughter Violet recalls his father's time at Whitby: `Poor Mamma pounds up Abbey Hill every afternoon to meet Papa sitting exposed on the windy hill behind the Abbey and fetch him back before he grows chilled to the bone' (quoted in Newall, op.cit., p.168).

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image © Guy Peppiatt Fine Art

Location

Whitby Abbey, Whitby, North Yorkshire, England

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Beaches
Cliffs
Coasts
Religious Buildings
Seascapes

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Landscapes & Seascapes

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