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Tom WhiteheadA Windy Day ... Blackstone Edge /// British English Antique Watercolor LandscapeCirca: 1920
Circa: 1920
About the Item
Artist: Tom Whitehead (English, 1886-1959)
Title: "A Windy Day ... Blackstone Edge"
*Signed by Whitehead in green watercolor on verso
Circa: 1920
Medium: Original Watercolor on paper, laid down to thin board
Framing: Not framed, but beautifully matted with hand decorated French matting
Matted size: 16.25" x 20.25"
Image size: 9.25" x 13.75"
Condition: A few cosmetic surface marks on lower margin of mat. In excellent condition
Notes:
Retains partial original gallery label with pencil inscriptions upper left on verso.
Blackstone Edge is a gritstone escarpment at 1,549 feet (472 m) above sea level in the Pennine hills surrounded by moorland on the boundary between Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire in England.
Biography:
Tom Whitehead (English, 1886-1959) was born in Leeds and died in Halifax in 1959. He studied at the Halifax School of Art and the Royal College of Art in Paris, France. In addition to his printmaking primarily in etching, Whitehead, a member of the Society of Yorkshire Artists, produced portraits and landscapes in oils, watercolor and pastel.
- Creator:Tom Whitehead (1886 - 1959)
- Creation Year:Circa: 1920
- Dimensions:Height: 16.25 in (41.28 cm)Width: 20.25 in (51.44 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Saint Augustine, FL
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU12124923431
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