Charles E. Hannaford (British Canadian, 1863-1955) RBA
‘Porth Bridge, Newquay’
watercolour
(Actual): 11 ½” high x 15 ¾” wide
(Framed): 17” high x 21 1/8” wide
WWI era watercolour painting by listed Canadian artist Charles E. Hannaford (1863-1955) RBA, titled ‘Porth Bridge, Newquay’. The view is from the waterbed at low tide, flanked by high rocky outcrops which are joined by the narrow wooden bridge to Porth Island on which stands a uniformed figure looking downward at the accumulated pools of water.
Signed lower right ‘HANNAFORD’; plaque on frame, ‘Porth Bridge, Newquay’.
watercolour on paper; framed
Condition: Excellent Vintage Condition – no damage, no restoration.
For Accuracy Only: there is some light wear at the extremities of the frame. These are negligible and expected. It is ready for display.
HANNAFORD, CHARLES E. English; b. 1863 21 Oct, 1955, England DBA; Landscape painter, Studied under Stanhope Forbes and in Paris, RBA, 1916. Add: The Mumbles, Swansea 1897; Plymouth 1902; East Grimstead, Sussex 1913; London 1916; Stalham, Norwich, Norfolk 1927. EXHIBITED: Manchester City Art Gallery; Royal Academy; Royal Society of British Artists; Royal Cambrian Academy; Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours; Walker’s Gallery, London.
