Paintings of this title were exhibited at The RWS, Winter 1924, no 135 and Summer 1936, no 63; The Fine Art Society, Solo Show, no 6
Hunt painted Barmouth Estuary in 1924 when he was lent the use of Mr Sidderley's (later Lord Kenilworth) house in Fairbourne, North Wales. Barmouth and Fairbourne flank the entrance of the estuary.