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19th Century Oil Painting of Yorkshire Flither Pickers by Robert Farren

Name: 19th Century Oil Painting of Yorkshire Flither Pickers by Robert Farren
SKU: EA2882
Price: 4250.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

Height 91cm

Width 142cm

Depth 5cm

Stock Number: EA2882

£ 4,250

Shipping cost to the United States - £350

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Description

This 19th century oil painting by Robert B. Farren (1832–1912), circa 1890, depicts Yorkshire Flither Pickers from the Filey area, women who gathered limpets as fishing bait for their husbands at sea. Skilfully executed in the social realist style, it is presented in overall good condition with minor paint wear and small losses to the gilt frame.

Dealer notes

19TH CENTURY OIL PAINTING OF YORKSHIRE FLITHER PICKERS BY ROBERT FARREN CIRCA 1890.

PAINTED BY ROBERT B. FARREN (1832-1912)

This is a a skilfully executed and coloured oil painting by Robert Farren in the social realist style, created towards the end of the Victorian period.

The composition is particularly strong, in homage to the three young women who are picking Rock Limpets as fresh fishing bait for their long-line commercial fishermen husbands. These women lived a particularly tough existence and travelled far by foot, often scaling down rocky cliffs, to fill baskets with next day’s live limpets (commonly known as Flithers) for use as hook bait by their fishermen husbands at sea. They were physically robust individuals, originating from the Filey area of the Yorkshire coast.

OVERALL GOOD CONDITION, WITH MINOR PAINT WEAR, MINOR LOSSES TO GILT FRAME.

Dimensions & specification

Dimensions

Height: 36 inches / 91cm
Width: 56 inches / 142cm
Depth: 2 inches / 5cm

Specification

Stock number: EA2882
Material: Gilt
Room: Hallway Furniture
Century: 19th Century
Style: Victorian
Colour: Green
Product Type: Paintings

Delivery & collection

UK Mainland £99

Excluding Highlands & Islands of Scotland, Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Isles of Scilly, Jersey & Guernsey

USA £350

Canada £420

Europe and rest UK £210

South America & Middle East £700

Australia & New Zealand £790

Rest of the world £880

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