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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt:... APPENDIX I PICTURES AND SKETCHES A SELECTED LIST 1885-1914 1885. Royal Academy. "A Bit on the Esk, near Whitby." A small oil-painting done at the age of seventeen, after a trip in a coasting vessel. 1885-86. British Artists, Winter Exhibition. "Putney Bridge." Catalogue price, 10, Ids. The painter all his life has been very much attracted by the romance of bridges. 1886. Royal Academy. "Waterlogged." A large oil-picture of a wrecked vessel lying on a sandbank in rough weather. 1886 (about). "Near Eltham." Collection of Dr. Tom Robinson, London. 1886. British Artists. "Cold November," and "O'er the Sands of Dee." A long strip of a picture representing the gold sands of the riverside at low water. "A Bit of Shore, Par, Cornwall." A watercolour, with boats and trees, and a stretch of beach. 1887. Royal Academy. "Sunday." Water-colour. The stern of a boat with men leaning over the side, idly smoking their pipes. 1887. British Artists. "A Western Port." Coasters in harbour, drying their sails. 1887. British Artists. "An Idle Hour," and "A Cornish Yard." 1887 (about). "Off to the Fishing Ponds," and "A Cornish Port," showing a row of old men in the sun, seated near houses; a glimpse of the sea. 1887. "A Bankside with Gorse." Collection of Dr. Tom Robinson, London. 1887. "A Sketch on the Coast." Collection of Dr. Tom Robinson, London. 1888. Royal Academy. "Bark-Stripping." Several men on a hillside stripping trees. Painted in Cornwall. 1888. British Artists. "October," and "Rye Ferry." A study of twilight, painted simply, rich and low in tone. 1889. Royal Academy. "Home." A marine version of the blind man and his dog; it represents a small, fussy tug towing a great vessel over a bar on a wet and gusty day. 1889. Royal Academy. "When we...