{"product_id":"estuary-at-low-tide","title":"Estuary Scene with Fishing Boats and Cockle Pickers","description":"\u003ch4\u003eCharacteristics\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"133\" data-start=\"0\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"55\" data-start=\"0\"\u003eEstuary Scene with Fishing Boats and Cockle Pickers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-end=\"58\" data-start=\"55\"\u003eDated 1904, initialled lower right (possibly “BSP”)\u003cbr data-end=\"112\" data-start=\"109\"\u003eWatercolour on paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"415\" data-start=\"135\"\u003eA tranquil estuary landscape depicting fishing vessels resting at low tide while figures gather shellfish along the exposed shoreline. Executed in soft atmospheric washes, the composition captures the muted light and stillness of a working coastal inlet in the early 20th century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"848\" data-start=\"417\"\u003eThe artist employs a restrained palette of blue-grey skies, reflective water, and earthy shoreline tones to evoke the calm mood of the scene. The anchored boats form the central focus, balanced by distant sails and small figures engaged in cockle picking along the water’s edge. Gentle reflections and loose brushwork lend the painting a quiet lyrical quality characteristic of British coastal watercolours of the Edwardian period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1046\" data-start=\"850\"\u003eThe work demonstrates an interest in everyday maritime labour and changing tidal landscapes, themes popular among regional British landscape painters during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1091\" data-start=\"1048\"\u003ePresented in a gilt frame with white mount.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eTechnical Information\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDate: early 20th Century\u003cbr\u003eFramed: 46 x 58 x 3 cm.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"Summerfield and Scott","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55580498723201,"sku":null,"price":180.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0566\/8909\/8924\/files\/DSCF8225.jpg?v=1777389233","url":"https:\/\/www.summerfieldandscott.co.uk\/products\/estuary-at-low-tide","provider":"Summerfield and Scott","version":"1.0","type":"link"}