Coastal View (Mouth of the Yealm, Devon), by Frederick John Widgery (1861-1942). c. 1940. Oil on canvas. H 48 x W 72.5 cm. Collection: University of Exeter, Fine Art Collection. Accession no. FAC00131 (a gift). On the south-west coast of Devon, below Dartmoor, the River Yealm reaches the sea not far from Plymouth, and its estuary on the English Channel, just before it widens into the Atlantic, is a renowned beauty spot. Widgery has captured it here in its all its sweep and solitude.
Image download and text by Jacqueline Banerjee. The image is available on Art UK under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives licence (CC BY-NC-ND).
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Coastal View (Mouth of the Yealm, Devon). Art UK. Web. 19 April 2024.
Created 19 April 2024