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Lot 59
  • 59

Samuel Thomas George Evans, R.W.S., 1829-1904

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Description

  • Samuel Thomas George Evans, R.W.S.
  • The Eton Cobbler
  • inscribed on barge: AVON
  • watercolour
  • 51x67cm.; 20x26½in.

Catalogue Note

The flat bottomed boat in the present watercolour was known as a 'coble' and was most often used for fishing.  The 'cobbler'  in the title of the present watercolour, therefore, refers to the boatman who can be seen unloading sacks from his craft into the barge alongside