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Frank Kelsey Watercolour ‘Looe, Cornwall’
Graham Reed Fine Art
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Frank Kelsey Watercolour ‘Looe, Cornwall’

1900 - 1920
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Frank Kelsey fl.1887-1923.Painted shipping,coastal,harbour and river scenes.Exhibited at the RA and SS.London address. ‘ Looe,Cornwall’ signed watercolour;image size 22.5x33.5 cms,framed size 43x52.5 cms.Well presented in a modern frame with a wash line mount.

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Graham Reed Fine Art has dated this Cornish Harbour Watercolour Painting to the 1920s.

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Frank Kelsey fl.1887-1923.Painted shipping,coastal,harbour and river scenes.Exhibited at the RA and SS.London address. ‘ Looe,Cornwall’ signed watercolour;image size 22.5x33.5 cms,framed size 43x52.5 cms.Well presented in a modern frame with a wash line mount.
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Graham Reed Fine Art has dated this Cornish Harbour Watercolour Painting to the 1920s.

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Graham Reed Fine Art
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Previously I worked in london as a chartered surveyor and have been dealing in paintings for nearly thirty years.

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A framed watercolour painting depicting sailing vessels and stone harbour buildings under a cloudy sky in Looe, Cornwall.
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Archive I A framed watercolour painting depicting sailing vessels and stone harbour buildings under a cloudy sky in Looe, Cornwall.

FRANK KELSEY WATERCOLOUR ‘LOOE, CORNWALL’

Archive II A framed watercolour painting depicting sailing vessels and stone harbour buildings under a cloudy sky in Looe, Cornwall. View II
Archive III A framed watercolour painting depicting sailing vessels and stone harbour buildings under a cloudy sky in Looe, Cornwall. View III
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A framed watercolour painting depicting sailing vessels and stone harbour buildings under a cloudy sky in Looe, Cornwall.
FRANK KELSEY WATERCOLOUR ‘LOOE, CORNWALL’
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A framed watercolour painting depicting sailing vessels and stone harbour buildings under a cloudy sky in Looe, Cornwall.
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British maritime watercolour painting in the late 19th and early 20th centuries focused on capturing coastal light, working harbours, and seafaring vessels. Artists favoured atmospheric wash techniques to render wet reflections, changing weather, and the industrial or fishing heritage of coastal ports.

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Authentic period watercolours feature hand-applied artist signatures, natural pigment tonal variation, and subtle age-related toning on the paper. Examining the paper texture, matting marks, and artist brushwork under magnification helps verify authenticity.

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