Minneapolis Institute of Art

Coastal Scene with Boats and Fishermen

Attributed to John Burgess Jr.; Formerly attributed to George Townley Stubbs

Date

c. 1850

Medium

Watercolor over graphite

Department

European Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

At the end of a day of fishing, the catch is being loaded into a horse-drawn cart. One man lies down next to a beast that may have been used to pull boats onto the shore. Two small groups of women sit mending the nets. Behind them rises a cliff whose crags seem to have fascinated the artist. John Burgess, Jr. was born into an artistic family. His mother was a sculptor, and his father, a watercolorist. If this is indeed his work, it remains difficult to localize the view since he travelled extensively in Britain and France. England, Europe

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