A summer afternoon, Douglas promenade
Date made: 1888
Artist: Nicholson, John Miller
Description: The artist has managed to capture the warmth of a summer's afternoon, and depicts a number of Victorian holiday makers engaged in that most popular of pastimes, promenading; simply walking up and down along the seafront, enjoying the clean Manx air.
The artist has captured the warmth of a summer's afternoon, showing Victorian holidaymakers enjoying the popular pastime of promenading - walking up and down along the seafront, enjoying the clean Manx air.
The painting shows the liveliness of Douglas Promenade from the location of the former Rendezvous Cafe, on the corner of Castle Street and Church Road, looking along Harris and Loch Promenades towards the Jubilee Clock Tower. In the background a large plume of smoke is visible from an Isle of Man Steam Packet Company vessel about to depart. In the foreground is a blue, cast iron coin collection box for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
Measurements: artwork: 31 cm x 86 cm
Materials: oil on canvas
Object name: painting
Collection: Art Collection
ID number: 1954-2501/050
Subject tags : #artgalleryplace
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For anyone wondering about the blue object in the foreground, it was a cast iron coin collection box for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. - Martin Whittaker Report this