Watercolour Painting Schooner Under Tow Tynemouth Harbour C1909 William Thomas Nichols Boyce

We are delighted to offer for sale this large stunning Edwardian marine watercolour by the artist William Thomas Nichols BOYCE who has signed the painting in the lower left hand corner and dated it 1909. 
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The painting depicts shipping at the mouth of the Tyne at Tynemouth at sunset, with a Tyne steam paddle tug towing a schooner into harbour. 
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To the right is the lighthouse on the end of the North Pier, with the ruins of Tynemouth Castle and Priory on the headland behind it. 
The last vestiges of sunlight are streaming through the red streaked clouds and reflecting on the water. 
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The North Pier which was originally curved in its design, was badly damaged by storms in 1898 along 300 feet of its length and was rebuilt by 1908 much straighter and with a new lighthouse, as shown in the painting. The lighthouse is still in use today. 
Although a very accomplished artist, we have been unable to find any trace of him in any of our reference books, or, as his surname can also be French or Belgian, in Benezit. 
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Due to the size of the work, we have not mounted it, but have newly framed it in a dark gilt rope design frame that complements it very well.
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FRAMED MEASUREMENTS
Height 22 5/8 Inches ( 57.15 cm )
Width. 32.1/2 Inches ( 82.5 cm )
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MEDIUM: Watercolours
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CONDITION: Excellent. The frame is new.