Shipping off Scarborough

Shipping off Scarborough

Category
Reference

3136

Charles Bentley (1806-1854)
Shipping off Scarborough

Signed and dated (lower right)
C. Bentley 1838
Watercolour heightened with scratching out
31.7 by 46.9 cm., 12 ½ by 18 ½ in.

Provenance:
With the Walker's Galleries, London;
With John Spink;
Private Collection, UK

Exhibited:
London, Walker's Galleries, no. 10

The present watercolour depicts shipping leaving Scarborough harbour. The town is clearly visible nestled at the bottom of the cliffs with St Mary's Church and the ruins of Scarborough Castle on the skyline above the town.