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Port Erin and Bradda Head, Isle of Man, with herring fleet going out

Date made: 19 August 1834

Artist: Goodman, Mary Anne

Description: “A wild walk and beautiful descent to Port Erin; a fleet of near forty sails and nets in the circular rocky harbour - white houses at different heights on the bank.” (Dorothy Wordsworth, Journal of a Tour in the Isle of Man 1828, M 10561)

A pencil sketch from the old family sketch book of Sir Arnold Wilson, the elder son of Canon J.M. Wilson. The artist was Mrs Mary Anne Goodman, an aunt of Canon Wilson, on his mother's side. Her maiden name was Pears. The sketches were made round about 1835, when Sir Arnold's grandfather, the Reverend Edward Wilson, was Principle of King William's College.

Measurements: 18cm x 26cm

Materials: pencil on paper

Object name: drawing

Collection: Art Collection

ID number: 1954-3161/12

Subject tags : #sketchbooktoursiom

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