My father bought a picture recently, in a massively ornate gilded frame. On taking it out to reframe it in something more sedate he found this picture underneath:
He was planning to just bin it, but I thankfully noticed and managed to claim it for my own.
Oddly, it is massively similar to the picture on My Brighton and Hove of the Chain Pier.
Good Find.
That's a very cool find. From my distinctly unpracticed I it looks like a near dead on copy.... Is it actually drawn?
I had an old print of the West Pier in Brighton, but somehow it got lost in the move to Chile. I hope I can find it at some point. I would love to frame it and hang it in the house.
Posted by: Matt | 05/04/2007 at 09:58 PM
It is dead on the same (right down to placement of birds) - my father thinks it may have been the sketch used to then create the watercolour, but I have not yet taken it out of its frame to check for sure if it is actually drawn.
I almost don't want to know! (Worry that it is probably just a print)
Shame you lost your print of the west pier - do you want me to source you another? :)
Posted by: Joh | 06/04/2007 at 10:36 AM
No worries. I'm sure it will turn up some point soon. I have yet to go through some of the boxes that were shipped from England, so I have my hopes that it is on of them.
Posted by: Matt | 06/04/2007 at 05:52 PM