Preparing the Stew

Object Description

Preparing the Stew
Henry Scott Tuke, RA RWS NEAC RBA (1858 – 1929)
Watercolour. Signed and dated 1910.
12” x 18” (30.5 cm x 45.7 cm)

Object History

Tuke’s Register: R.642 On the barque Infaticable.
Exhibited: London, The Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours, Spring 1910.
Provenance: Private collection.

Tuke was born in York, the son of a doctor, and raised at Falmouth, where he developed a passion for the sea and sailing ships. An accomplished yachtsman who owned several boats himself, Tuke set up a studio aboard his own French brigantine, the Julie of Nantes, and specialised in painting the vessels which came to anchor in the deep waters of Falmouth Bay.

Object Condition

In excellent condition.

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