Frederick (Frank) William, Scarbrough (British, 1863-1945)
Unloading, Pool of London
Watercolour heightened with bodycolour
33.7 x 51.4cm (13 1/4 x 20 1/4in)
Private collection
Sold for Sold for £1,275 in April 2022
The Pool of London is a stretch of the River Thames from London Bridge to below Limehouse. Part of the Tideway of the Thames, the Pool was navigable by tall-masted vessels bringing coastal and later overseas goods—the wharves there were the original part of the Port of London. The Pool of London is divided into two parts, the Upper Pool and Lower Pool. The Upper Pool consists of the section between London Bridge and the Cherry Garden Pier in Bermondsey. The Lower Pool runs from the Cherry Garden Pier to Limekiln Creek.
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Frank Scarbrough was a London artist who settled in Lincoln in 1908. He painted mainly in watercolours, often taking as his subject matter the busy shipping in the Pool of London, where ocean-going liners battled for space with soot grimed tugs and barges in the murky waters of the Thames. On other occasions he painted quite atmospheric pictures, which were often done in the late afternoon when he captured the different reflections on the water in places such as Whitby Bay.
Frederick (Frank) William, Scarbrough (British, 1863-1945)
Evening, Pool of London
Watercolour heightened with white
22.8 x 33.9cm (9 x 13 3/8in)
Private collection
Estimated for £800 - £1,200 in April 2020
Scarbrough belongs to that group of Edwardian artists who worked until the 1930’s and include such well known marine artists as Charles Napier Hemy, William Lionel Wyllie and Charles Dixon. Apart from Hemy, who was in a class of his own, Scarbrough was probably the most interesting of the group, because his work was painted in an impressionistic style that owed nothing to the traditional style of marine painting, but was influenced by the work of Albert Marquet or Camille Pissarro’s “The Docks of Rouen, Morning”. More on Frank Scarbrough
Frederick (Frank) William, Scarbrough (British, 1863-1945)
At Woolwich, London
Watercolour heightened with white
26 x 17cm (10 1/4 x 6 11/16in)
Private collection
Sold for £2,040 in April 2020
Woolwich is a district in southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.
The district's location on the River Thames led to its status as an important naval, military and industrial area; a role that was maintained throughout the 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th and most of the 20th century. After several decades of economic hardship and social deprivation, the area is now subject to several large-scale urban renewal projects. More on Woolwich
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