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Ralph Hedley R.B.A.
Duty paid
1896
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

oil on canvas
1090 x 1265 mm
SIGNED b.l.c. R. Hedley 1896-

 

EXHIBITED

Bewick Club 13th Annual Exhibition,
Newcastle upon Tyne, 1896 (86)

Royal Academy, London, 1897 (71)

Maritime Art, Bristol Art Gallery,
1909 (220)

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

 

PUBLIC COLLECTION

Sunderland Museum
and Winter Gardens,
Sunderland, SR1 1PP, England
Reference TWCMS : C445
Purchased 1897 (for £100)

Ralph Hedley Archive reference
1896

Duty paid

On board ship, a man hands over cash to pay the import duty on two boxes of cigars. One revenue officer has tied the two cigar boxes together and is sealing the knot with red wax. The other records the transaction in a ledger.

The captain of the ship smokes his pipe and watches carefully.