File:The Wolf Rock lighthouse RMG BHC1293.tiff
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Summary
John Fraser: The Wolf Rock lighthouse
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John Fraser |
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The Wolf Rock lighthouse  |
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| Object type | painting | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
English: The Wolf Rock lighthouse A scene showing the Wolf Rock Lighthouse in the moonlight. Built 1862-70 it is situated about eight miles off Land's End in Cornwall and is subjected to some of the worst weather conditions around the British Isles. At the time of this painting the lighthouse was lit with the original oil powered lamp.This was replaced by a generator powered electric light in 1955. With a range of 23 miles, the signal is one white flash every 15 seconds. There is also a fog signal sounding out every 30 seconds. John Fraser came from a nautical family. His brother William went to sea and in 1890, at the age of 18, was washed overboard and lost while outward-bound for Australia. His older brother, Rodney, also went to sea and rose to become master but he too was later drowned. Fraser was one of several painters focusing on the effects of the sea and horizon, such as Julius Olsen and John Everett. |
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| Date | Late 19th century - Early 20th century | ||||||||||||||||||||
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oil on canvas |
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| Dimensions | Painting: 380 mm x 760 mm; Frame: 439 mm x 822 mm x 54 mm; Weight: 5.8 kg; | ||||||||||||||||||||
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BHC1293 |
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| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/12784 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
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| Identifier | Acquisition Number: OP1954-9 id number: BHC1293 |
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| Collection | Oil paintings | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| current | 17:29, 18 September 2017 |  | 4,332 × 2,499 (30.97 MB) | Fæ | Royal Museums Greenwich Oil paintings, http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/12784 #969 |
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