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The Sailor's Funeral

Image credit: Manchester Art Gallery

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A sketchy scene depicting a funeral procession walking along a coastal road with the open sea and sky in the background. Cross and candle bearers on the right lead the procession, followed by the priest and pall bearers, with cloaked mourners following behind on the left. Seafront houses are visible to the far left and right.

Manchester Art Gallery

Manchester

Title

The Sailor's Funeral

Date

1908–1925

Medium

oil on cardboard

Measurements

H 34.3 x W 35.6 cm

Accession number

1925.559

Acquisition method

gift from Charles Lambert Rutherston, 1925

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

artist's inscription : : brc : artist's name, date : Wm Shackleton / 08

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