Commemorative ceramics created for the coronations of Edward VIII and George VI, by Dame Laura Knight Staithes Museum, North Yorkshire These highly distinctive commemorative ceramics take us back to a significant moment for the British monarchy. On 10 December, 1936,...
Beach Scene by Florence Hess Pannett Art Gallery, Whitby Florence Hess (1891 – 1974) is primarily known for painting coastal scenes, particularly from Yorkshire and Norfolk. She was closely associated with the Staithes Group of Artists and the...
Explore a selection of ‘Fisher Folk’ Having a portrait painted was often expensive, which is why most surviving portraits tend to be of the wealthier members of society. Sometimes portraiture was even used to demonstrate wealth and status, but it could...
Egton Fair – by John Atkinson Pannett Art Gallery, Whitby This lovely painting shows a moment in time captured at the Egton Fair in the North York Moors. Like many of the villages in this National Park, Egton has its own unique character, shown here through the...
