Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

 

M.0921
Penthouse of the public house in St Ives, Cornwall

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1883/1884
Collection: Thomas Colville Fine Art
Accession Number: none
Medium: watercolour
Support: dark cream wove paper
Size: 6 3/8 x 4 3/8" (162 x 112 mm)
Signature: none
Inscription: v.: 'Nocturne by Whistler / Penthouse of public-house in St Ives/ Cornwall / painted about 1883 or 1884' and signed illegibly, possibly 'JH'

Penthouse of the public house in St Ives, Cornwall

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Penthouse of the public house in St Ives, Cornwall, Thomas Colville Fine Art
Penthouse of the public house in St Ives, Cornwall, Thomas Colville Fine Art

The Globe Inn, a public house, with figures sitting along Doble's wall, which protected the pub from the encroaching sea; attached to the Globe Inn was a 'pent-house,' (a lean-to). The pub was in the town of St Ives in Cornwall, south-west England. It is currently (2017) a takeaway.

Last updated: 18th February 2021 by Margaret