South West - the Calf in the Distance
Date made: 30 September 1863
Artist: Wellbye, Henry Read
Description: "The [Calf of Man] is about five miles in circumference, and is environed by gloomy caverns and stupendous precipices…through the whole of this solitary spot there is no human vestige, except a mouldering shepherd’s cot." (Nathaniel Jefferys, A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Isle of Man, 1809, M 00904)
A watercolour which is part of an album by Henry Read Wellbye, donors father, who is thought to have been on holiday on the Isle of Man in 1863 before his marriage.
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Measurements: 14cm x 23cm
Materials: watercolour on paper
Object name: watercolour
Collection: Art Collection
ID number: 1956-0381/4