The Strand, Torquay

Image credit: Torre Abbey Museum

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This depicts the old fishermen’s cottages on the Strand. On the left is the River Fleete while the ‘Bird in Hand’ Inn is enclosed by a wall. A fishing smack – a small vessel for bringing fish ashore – is being built on the beach.

On the right is the stream that flowed down the valley of Torwood, which, like the Fleete, is now piped. Just visible in the background is part of Torwood Manor, built for the Ridgeway family in the mid-sixteenth century, but demolished in 1843.

Torre Abbey Museum

Torquay

Title

The Strand, Torquay

Date

c.1780

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 29.7 x W 39.8 cm

Accession number

A2

Acquisition method

gift from Mrs B. Staddon, 1961

Work type

Painting

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