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William J B Jenkins Mid 20th Century Vintage Oil Painting on Board View from Bank Top Near Robin Hoods Bay Towards Ravenscar Yorkshire Coast British Landscape
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William J B Jenkins Mid 20th Century Vintage Oil Painting on Board View from Bank Top Near Robin Hoods Bay Towards Ravenscar Yorkshire Coast British Landscape

1940 - 1960
Description

Type of Artwork: Oil on Board

Surface: Panel

Artist: William John Botten Jenkins (1912-1994)

Provenance: Artist's Studio Sale David Duggleby Ltd Whitby 12th September 2005 Lots 49 & 50, authenticated and labelled verso

Artist Biography

William John Botten Jenkins studied art at York and Leeds and had a varied career as an artist and artisan. After war service with the RAF, Jenkins worked for a time as an agricultural contractor in Wiltshire before switching to restoring old Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars with his lifelong friend Richard Lancefield. The two then switched to boat building and would later create a nature reserve at Carlton Miniott Park, near Thirsk, North Yorkshire. During the 1930s and 1940s, Jenkins was a prolific painter in both oils and watercolours, selling many paintings to the US.

Subject: View from Bank Top Robin Hood's Bay to Ravenscar

Approximate Age: Circa mid 20th Century

Framed or Mounted: Framed as shown; frame included free of charge.

Condition Report: Good stable condition. No structural issues.

Size 49 x 49 x 4 cm (panel size 37 x 27 cm)

Physical Dimensions
Height
39cm (15.35")
Width
49cm (19.29")
Depth
4cm (1.57")
Declaration

Strickland & Russell has dated this Yorkshire Coastal Oil Painting to the 1950s.

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SA1207278
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Description
Type of Artwork: Oil on Board

Surface: Panel

Artist: William John Botten Jenkins (1912-1994)

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Provenance: Artist's Studio Sale David Duggleby Ltd Whitby 12th September 2005 Lots 49 & 50, authenticated and labelled verso.
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fig 1. A mid-20th-century coastal oil painting on board depicting a viewpoint overlooking red-roofed coastal buildings, a sweeping bay, green hills, and headlands under a light blue sky.
fig 1. William J B Jenkins Mid 20th Century Vintage Oil Painting on Board View from Bank Top Near Robin Hoods Bay Towards Ravenscar Yorkshire Coast British Landscape

Artist Biography

William John Botten Jenkins studied art at York and Leeds and had a varied career as an artist and artisan. After war service with the RAF, Jenkins worked for a time as an agricultural contractor in Wiltshire before switching to restoring old Rolls-Royce and Bentley cars with his lifelong friend Richard Lancefield. The two then switched to boat building and would later create a nature reserve at Carlton Miniott Park, near Thirsk, North Yorkshire. During the 1930s and 1940s, Jenkins was a prolific painter in both oils and watercolours, selling many paintings to the US.

fig 2. A mid-20th-century coastal oil painting on board depicting a viewpoint overlooking red-roofed coastal buildings, a sweeping bay, green hills, and headlands under a light blue sky.
fig 2. William J B Jenkins Mid 20th Century Vintage Oil Painting on Board View from Bank Top Near Robin Hoods Bay Towards Ravenscar Yorkshire Coast British Landscape

Subject: View from Bank Top Robin Hood's Bay to Ravenscar

Approximate Age: Circa mid 20th Century

Framed or Mounted: Framed as shown; frame included free of charge.

Condition Report: Good stable condition. No structural issues.

Size 49 x 49 x 4 cm (panel size 37 x 27 cm)

Height
39cm (15.35")
Width
49cm (19.29")
Depth
4cm (1.57")
Date of Manufacture

Strickland & Russell has dated this Yorkshire Coastal Oil Painting to the 1950s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1207278
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Archive I A mid-20th-century coastal oil painting on board depicting a viewpoint overlooking red-roofed coastal buildings, a sweeping bay, green hills, and headlands under a light blue sky.

William J B Jenkins Mid 20th Century Vintage Oil Painting on Board View from Bank Top Near Robin Hoods Bay Towards Ravenscar Yorkshire Coast British Landscape

Archive II A mid-20th-century coastal oil painting on board depicting a viewpoint overlooking red-roofed coastal buildings, a sweeping bay, green hills, and headlands under a light blue sky. View II
Archive III A mid-20th-century coastal oil painting on board depicting a viewpoint overlooking red-roofed coastal buildings, a sweeping bay, green hills, and headlands under a light blue sky. View III
Archive IV A mid-20th-century coastal oil painting on board depicting a viewpoint overlooking red-roofed coastal buildings, a sweeping bay, green hills, and headlands under a light blue sky. View IV
Archive V A mid-20th-century coastal oil painting on board depicting a viewpoint overlooking red-roofed coastal buildings, a sweeping bay, green hills, and headlands under a light blue sky. View V
Archive VI A mid-20th-century coastal oil painting on board depicting a viewpoint overlooking red-roofed coastal buildings, a sweeping bay, green hills, and headlands under a light blue sky. View VI
Archive VII A mid-20th-century coastal oil painting on board depicting a viewpoint overlooking red-roofed coastal buildings, a sweeping bay, green hills, and headlands under a light blue sky. View VII
Archive VIII A mid-20th-century coastal oil painting on board depicting a viewpoint overlooking red-roofed coastal buildings, a sweeping bay, green hills, and headlands under a light blue sky. View VIII
Archive IX A mid-20th-century coastal oil painting on board depicting a viewpoint overlooking red-roofed coastal buildings, a sweeping bay, green hills, and headlands under a light blue sky. View IX
Archive X A mid-20th-century coastal oil painting on board depicting a viewpoint overlooking red-roofed coastal buildings, a sweeping bay, green hills, and headlands under a light blue sky. View X
Archive XI A mid-20th-century coastal oil painting on board depicting a viewpoint overlooking red-roofed coastal buildings, a sweeping bay, green hills, and headlands under a light blue sky. View XI
Archive XII A mid-20th-century coastal oil painting on board depicting a viewpoint overlooking red-roofed coastal buildings, a sweeping bay, green hills, and headlands under a light blue sky. View XII
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A mid-20th-century coastal oil painting on board depicting a viewpoint overlooking red-roofed coastal buildings, a sweeping bay, green hills, and headlands under a light blue sky.
William J B Jenkins mid 20th Century Vintage Oil Painting on Board View from Bank Top near Robin Hoods Bay towards Ravenscar Yorkshire Coast British Landscape
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A mid-20th-century coastal oil painting on board depicting a viewpoint overlooking red-roofed coastal buildings, a sweeping bay, green hills, and headlands under a light blue sky.
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Mid-20th-century British landscape painting often features plein air compositions executed with visible brushwork and realistic tonal values. Artists during this period frequently focused on regional topography, coastal scenes, and rural countryside using oil on panel or canvas.

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Authentic period works typically display natural age-related oxidation to the board backing, consistent surface craquelure or paint drying texture, and historical artist signatures or gallery labels on the reverse.

Landscape paintings can be mounted above sideboards, mantelpieces, or framed within gallery walls. Pairing traditional oil landscapes with modern natural timber furniture creates visual interest through contrasting textures and eras.

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