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Welcome, Bonny Boat! The Fisherman's Return (Scene at Clovelly, North Devon)

Image credit: Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Library

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After a hard day’s work at sea, a weary fisherman returns home to his waiting wife and child. Young boys help to unload the catch and tidy nets. It is a romanticised view of rural life reflecting the Victorian middle class idea of ‘separate spheres’, where men worked while women tended the home.

Harris Museum & Art Gallery

Preston

Title

Welcome, Bonny Boat! The Fisherman's Return (Scene at Clovelly, North Devon)

Date

1856

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 63 x W 94.7 cm

Accession number

PRSMG : P298

Acquisition method

bequeathed by Richard Newsham, 1883

Work type

Painting

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