Whitby from the West Pier

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Whitby from the West Pier

George Haydock Dodgson (1811-1880)

Price

£1,750

Medium

Watercolour

Dimensions

4 ¾ x 7 ½ inches

Illustrated

Illustrations of the Scenery on the Line of the Whitby
and Pickering Railway, in the North Eastern Part Of
Yorkshire, From Drawings by G Dodgson, with a Short
Description of the District and Undertaking, by Henry Belcher, London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1836, Facing page 1 (Engraved by Charles Sims)

Exhibited

'Chris Beetles Summer Show 2017', No 37

Enclosed between precipitous cliffs, and creeping up their sides as they recede along each shore of the river from the sea, the town itself is scarcely to be seen until very nearly approached, though the situation is well pointed out by the ruins of its once stately abbey, which, unlike most other monastic institutions as to site, occupies the highest land in the immediate vicinity, and is visible for many miles in every direction.
(Henry Belcher, Scenery of the Whitby and Pickering Railway, pages 4-5)

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