Caught by the Tide
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| Artist | James Clarke Hook |
| Year | 1869 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, genre painting |
| Dimensions | 68 cm × 108 cm (27 in × 43 in) |
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Caught by the Tide is an 1869 oil painting by the British[artist James Clarke Hook.[1] It depicts a group of children who have become stranded by the rising tide while collecting crabs and are signalling to a passing ship. As often with Hook's paintings the sea is an active participant in the painting rather than being background, in this case as a threatening menace.[2]
The painting was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1869 held at Burlington House in London, one of three he exhibited that year.[3] It was acquired by the art collector Charles Gassiot who in 1902 bequeathed it to the City of London's Guildhall Art Gallery.[4]
References
Bibliography
- McMaster, Juliet. James Clarke Hook: Painter of the Sea. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2023.
- Payne, Christiana. Where the Sea Meets the Land: Artists on the Coast in Nineteenth-century Britain. Sanson, 2007.
- Roe, Sonia & Hardy, Pat. Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in the City of London. Public Catalogue Foundation, 2009.