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ANTIQUE #SA1166575

Original Late 19th Century Antique Watercolour Painting By H P Ditmas 1876 Boats & Figures Filey Bay Looking Towards Flamborough Head Yorkshire Coast Landscape

Status: This item has been sold
Sold by: Strickland & Russell

Type of artwork: Original Antique Watercolour
 
Artist and Signature: Colonel Harold Percy Ditmas (1853–1937) of York
 
Colonel Harold Percy Ditmas (1853–1937) was a solicitor and auxiliary officer who commanded the Durham Artillery from 1895, later serving with distinction in the Boer War and World War I. He was granted the honorary rank of Colonel in 1901. A member of a long-established York military family, Ditmas was also a skilled watercolourist. Often signing his works “H.P.D.”, he produced a series of topographical views from the 1870s to the early 20th century, recording Clifton, York, Shoeburyness, and other places connected with his life and service. Today his paintings are valued both as decorative works and as important historical records of vanished or altered locations.
 
Subject: A fine original 19th-century watercolour on paper, inscribed verso “Capt. P. Pitman 1876”. The scene depicts fishing boats with sails and rowing craft along a breezy shoreline, with figures ...
Antique SA1166575 shown on this page was made in 1870. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
1870
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Strickland & Russell
Yorkshire Based Art Dealers Specialising in 19th Century & Early 20th Century Oil Paintings & Watercolours
Yorkshire
United Kingdom
Tel: 07504 958608
STATUS
THIS ITEM HAS BEEN SOLD