On the Coast of Brittany is an 1858 oil painting by the British artist Clarkson Stanfield.Martineau & Foster p.205 A combination of landscape and seascape, it features a view on the coastline of Brittany in the west of France, near Dol-de-Bretagne. As with much of his work the turbulent weather and sea is part of the Romantic tradition. The picture was produced in the latter stages of his career, after he had enjoyed great success at the Salon of 1855 in Paris where he was awarded a gold medal. The painting was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1859 held at the National Gallery in London.Exhibition of the Royal Academy. The Academy, 1859 p.11
It was acquired by the art collector Thomas Wrigley for £1,320 in 1863, whose family later presented it to the Bury Art Museum as part of a major gift to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897.British and Irish Paintings in Public Collections p.742
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