Ilfracombe, North Devon, with supplies being unloaded from a merchant trader below the St Nicholas Chapel
signed lower right 'CStanfield RA' and dated 1855
oil on canvas
44 x 105cm

Exhibited:
The Royal Academy, 1855, No. 87

The Illustrated London News (June 9th 1855) noted that the present picture was 'a species of composition for which [Stanfield] has long been famed, and in which he has no rival of any name but Mr Edward Cooke'.

Condition Report

The painting is executed in oil on a canvas support which has been lined. Lining has secured an old tear present in the area at the top of the hill. The canvas tension is good and the picture is in plane. The paint layer is stable, secure and in a good condition overall. The area of the tear is well repaired and barely visible in the surface texture. The overpaint in this area is well matched, there are a few other localised areas of overpaint, mainly in the sky. The varnish is semi-glossy, even and slightly yellowed but acceptable.