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Tullie House Museum : 1898.30
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Painting, watercolour, The South Harbour, Whitehaven, Cumberland, by George Nelson jnr, 1898.
Colourful view of Whitehaven harbour; ships and boats of varying sizes are moored in the calm waters beside the jetty or harbour walls. Beyond the harbour lies the town, rising up into the hillside. The tall chimney in the right of the composition is the site of William Pit.
inscription:- labelled reverse, by Nelson
The South Harbour Whitehaven By G Nelson jnr
inscription:- labelled reverse on same label as Nelson's
Presented by the Cumberland and Westmorland Arts and Crafts Society 1898
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