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Ralph Hedley R.B.A.
Gypsies on the beach

at South Shields
1876
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oil on canvas
255 x 360 mm

EXHIBITED


Ralph Hedley: Tyneside Painter,
Laing Art Gallery,
Newcastle, 1990-91

PUBLIC COLLECTION

South Shields Museum
And Art Gallery
Ocean Road NE33 2JA
Reference TWCMS 2007.5803
Purchased 2005

 

Ralph Hedley Archive Reference
1876_w006

 

Gypsies on the beach
at South Shields

Ralph Hedley waited until his woodcarving firm was established before he turned to painting. This is early example of his work even though it was painted when he was 28.

It shows a ragged tent pitched above the high tide mark, with a woman cooking a meal in a frying pan on a brazier. Her baby is on her knee and a white pug dog sleeps at her feet.