Dr Syntax Head Cornwall by Thomas Hart FSA

Dr Syntax Head Cornwall by Thomas Hart FSA

Watercolour on Paper

New Frame and Mount ready to hang

Overall Frame Size   679 mm by 448 mm

Image Size   522 mm by 265 mm

Thomas Hart

Born 1830 Crowan Cornwall, Died 1916 The Lizard, Cornwall

Moved to Falmouth in the 1840’s

Thomas was a prolific painter in watercolours and oil. He lived up to 1862 in Falmouth, Cornwall, the home of several known artists.

Married Louisa Hallamore in 1862 in Falmouth, Cornwall. Initially they set up home in Plymouth

Thomas had one of the very first photographic studios at 10 Flora Place, Union Road, Plymouth.

Louisa travelled to Falmouth for the births of Herbert and Horace (artists)

1865 the family moved to the Lizard Point in Cornwall,

Painted a large volume of work including this watercolour Dr Syntax Head Cornwall by Thomas Hart FSA

Exhibited at the Royal academy, Grosvenor Gallery and at numerous venues in the UK.

His work sold from the 1850’s. Thomas travelled widely in the UK and Europe gathering ideas and working “Plein Air”.

From 1880 to the early 1900’s Thomas spent 2 months in Odda Norway where he set up a studio.

They had 11 children, 6 of them became professional Painters.  In the late 1800’s numerous Titled people in the UK and throughout Europe purchased his paintings.

https://hartpaintings.co.uk/

Sennen Cornwall

(Cornish: Sen Senan or Sen Senana) is a coastal civil parish and a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Sennen village is situated approximately eight miles (13 km) west-southwest of Penzance.^[1]

The parish is bounded by the sea to the west and bordered by the parishes of St Just to the north, St Buryan to the east, St Levan to the south.^[2] The Longships, a group of rocky islets situated off Lands End, are also within the parish.^[2] The main settlements are Churchtown, Trevescan, Carn Towan, Sennen Cove and Land’s End.

For the purposes of local government Sennen elects a parish council every four years. The main local authority is Cornwall Council.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sennen