01 Marine Painting - With Footnotes, #152

Charles Anslow Thornley, (1859 - 1885)

Harbor in Gravesend

Oil on canvas

20.5 cm x 30.5 cm

Private collection

Gravesend is an ancient town in northwest Kent, England, situated 21 miles (35 km) east-southeast of Charing Cross on the south bank of the Thames Estuary and opposite Tilbury in Essex. 

Charles Thornley, British fl 1858 - 1893, was a member of the Royal Society of British Painters, working mainly in oil. He lived in London where he exhibited widely at some of the foremost venues of his day, including the Walker Art Gallery, the Suffolk Street gallery, the Manchester Art Gallery and many others. 

The artist's family name was Thornbery, but for an unknown reason he often varied his signature in different ways. Works have been identified signed; 'Thornley' with the "T" crossed; also Thornberry. Nevertheless, the style of the artist is distinct and easily recognizable for its quality and appeal. 

With a focus on the natural elements of sea & sky, he gives the viewer a strong sense of the fleeting moment. More on Charles Thornley

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