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William Anslow Thornley More Art

British, 1857-1935
Thornley also went by the names of Hubert Thornley or Charles Thornley, William George Thornley as well as the name Thornberry. He was a painter of genre, architecture, landscape and mostly marine and fishing scenes. He exhibited work at the Paris Salon and the Salon of French Artists, receiving an honourable mention in 1881 and a third place medal in 1888. Thornley painted a number of landscapes in Holland, Norway, Belgium and Italy, but is best remembered for his seascapes. He often painted Whitby, Scarborough and off the Kent Coast, often he painted pairs being particularly fond of dawn and dusk depictions.
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Artist: William Anslow Thornley
Victorian 19th Century Marine Oil Painting Ships in the Sunset off Whitby Coast
By William Anslow Thornley
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Victorian Nineteenth Century Marine Oil Painting Ships in the Sunset off Whitby Coast. An Oil Painting on Canvas, mounted on stretchers and housed in a period frame. A most typica...
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