Post by Matt James on Apr 16, 2009 16:41:15 GMT
Falmouth Art Gallery Cornwall has kindly given us permission to use the
The photograph of the painting below "THE MESSAGE 1890" by Henry Scott Tuke 1858-1929
Image copyright Falmouth Art Gallery
A little history of the painting
In 1885 Henry Tuke returned from france to live at Falmouth,renting from the Fox family two rooms at Penance Cottage,situated between Penance Point and Swanpool Beach and overlooking the sea near Sunny Cove and Newporth Beach.The Cottage was built as the managers house for a short-lived smelting works on the cliffs. At first there were two families living there, those of Mrs Fouracre and Mrs Andrews, and there were frequent quarrels between them,until Mrs Andrews eventually left and peace was restored.
Mrs Fouracre became Tuke's housekeeper and sat with her sons,Richard and Georgie (joined by William J.Martin the telegraph boy)for The Message,1890, which was painted in the kitchen,looking towards the scullery. The cottage had no water,no internal sanitation,no proper bathroom, telephone or electricity - so Tuke fetched water from a nearby well to supply the needs of the household and swam daily.
The cottage remained Tuke's permanent base until his death
The photograph of the painting below "THE MESSAGE 1890" by Henry Scott Tuke 1858-1929
Image copyright Falmouth Art Gallery
A little history of the painting
In 1885 Henry Tuke returned from france to live at Falmouth,renting from the Fox family two rooms at Penance Cottage,situated between Penance Point and Swanpool Beach and overlooking the sea near Sunny Cove and Newporth Beach.The Cottage was built as the managers house for a short-lived smelting works on the cliffs. At first there were two families living there, those of Mrs Fouracre and Mrs Andrews, and there were frequent quarrels between them,until Mrs Andrews eventually left and peace was restored.
Mrs Fouracre became Tuke's housekeeper and sat with her sons,Richard and Georgie (joined by William J.Martin the telegraph boy)for The Message,1890, which was painted in the kitchen,looking towards the scullery. The cottage had no water,no internal sanitation,no proper bathroom, telephone or electricity - so Tuke fetched water from a nearby well to supply the needs of the household and swam daily.
The cottage remained Tuke's permanent base until his death