Stanhope Alexander Forbes

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Stanhope Alexander Forbes

137 artworks

Irish , Social Realist painter and draftsman

Born 11/18/1857 - Died 3/2/1947

Born in Dublin (Dublin county, Leinster, Ireland)

Died in Newlyn (Cornwall, England)

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A Street in Brittany

A Street in Brittany

1881

Oil on canvas

104.2 x 75.8 cms | 41 x 29 3/4 ins

Walker Art Gallery Liverpool | United Kingdom

2 MPs
The Lighthouse (Newlyn, Cornwall)

The Lighthouse (Newlyn, Cornwall)

Oil on canvas

228.5 x 173.2 cms | 89 3/4 x 68 ins

Manchester City Art Galleries Manchester | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Newlyn, Cornwall, Trewarveneth Street

Newlyn, Cornwall, Trewarveneth Street

Oil on canvas

less than 1 MP
The Old Pier Steps

The Old Pier Steps

1911

Oil on canvas

131.5 x 106.5 cms | 51 3/4 x 41 3/4 ins

Bradford Art Galleries and Museums Bradford | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
The Harbor at Mousehole

The Harbor at Mousehole

1911

Oil on canvas

less than 1 MP
Old Newlyn

Old Newlyn

1884

Oil On Canvas

31 x 38 cms | 12 x 14 3/4 ins

Private collection

3 MPs
The Harbour Window

The Harbour Window

1910

Oil on canvas

112.5 x 86.7 cms | 44 1/4 x 34 ins

Royal Academy of Arts London | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Through the Looking Glass

Through the Looking Glass

1914

less than 1 MP
Preparations for Market, Quimperle, Brittany

Preparations for Market, Quimperle, Brittany

1883

Oil on canvas

168.9 x 134 cms | 66 1/2 x 52 3/4 ins

Private collection

less than 1 MP
Newlyn, Cornwall

Newlyn, Cornwall

1906

Oil on canvas

123 x 97 cms | 48 1/4 x 38 ins

Ferens Art Gallery Hull | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
The Slip

The Slip

less than 1 MP
Street Corner, Cahors

Street Corner, Cahors

1925

Oil on canvas

61 x 50.8 cms | 24 x 20 ins

1 MPs
Causewayhead Penzance

Causewayhead Penzance

1943

Oil On Canvas

61 x 77 cms | 24 x 30 1/4 ins

Private collection

3 MPs
Market Place

Market Place

1921

Oil on canvas

91 x 73 cms | 35 3/4 x 28 1/2 ins

Penlee House Penzance | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
The Terminus, Penzance Station

The Terminus, Penzance Station

Oil on canvas

less than 1 MP
The Fishermen's Expedition

The Fishermen's Expedition

1923

Oil on canvas

61 x 77.5 cms | 24 x 30 1/2 ins

1 MPs
Low Tide at Mousehole

Low Tide at Mousehole

1919

Oil on cardboard

less than 1 MP
Mousehole, near Newlyn

Mousehole, near Newlyn

1919

Oil on canvas

61 x 76.2 cms | 24 x 30 ins

1 MPs
Fitting Out, Mousehole Harbour

Fitting Out, Mousehole Harbour

1919

Oil on canvas

102 x 129 cms | 40 x 50 3/4 ins

Bradford Art Galleries and Museums Bradford | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Boats at Anchor

Boats at Anchor

Oil On Canvas

77 x 61 cms | 30 1/4 x 24 ins

Private collection

3 MPs
Mousehole Harbour, Cornwall

Mousehole Harbour, Cornwall

1910

Oil on canvas

35.5 x 45.8 cms | 13 3/4 x 18 ins

Hove Museum and Art Gallery Hove | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Gala Day at Newlyn, Cornwall

Gala Day at Newlyn, Cornwall

1907

Oil on canvas

106 x 136 cms | 41 1/2 x 53 1/2 ins

Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service Hartlepool | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Off to the Fishing Ground

Off to the Fishing Ground

1886

Oil on canvas

119.5 x 156 cms | 47 x 61 1/4 ins

Walker Art Gallery Liverpool | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
A Fish Sale on a Cornish Beach

A Fish Sale on a Cornish Beach

1885

Oil on canvas

121 x 155 cms | 47 1/2 x 61 ins

City Museum and Art Gallery Plymouth | United Kingdom

4 MPs
Sketch for 'Fishing Boats'

Sketch for 'Fishing Boats'

1891

Oil on canvas

35.5 x 50.7 cms | 13 3/4 x 19 3/4 ins

Harris Museum and Art Gallery Preston | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
The Seine Boat

The Seine Boat

1904

Oil on canvas

2 MPs
A Country Lane

A Country Lane

Woodgatherers

1931

Oil on canvas

3 MPs
On the Beach

On the Beach

1886

less than 1 MP
Alexander Penzance from Newlyn

Alexander Penzance from Newlyn

1924

Oil On Canvas

46 x 31 cms | 18 x 12 ins

Private collection

3 MPs
The Quayside, Newlyn

The Quayside, Newlyn

Oil on canvas

92 x 72.5 cms | 36 x 28 1/2 ins

13 MPs
At Their Moorings

At Their Moorings

1906

Oil on cardboard

103 x 159.5 cms | 40 1/2 x 62 3/4 ins

Ferens Art Gallery Hull | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Chadding on Mount's Bay

Chadding on Mount's Bay

1902

Oil on canvas

Worcestershire County Museum Worcester | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Home-Along: Evening

Home-Along: Evening

1905

Oil on canvas

120.6 x 180.9 cms | 47 1/4 x 71 ins

Bristol Museum and Art Gallery Bristol | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
The Fishers

The Fishers

Oil on canvas

26.6 x 36.8 cms | 10 1/4 x 14 1/4 ins

Worthing Museum and Art Gallery Worthing | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Becalmed

Becalmed

Oil on canvas on board

25.4 x 35.6 cms | 10 x 14 ins

1 MPs
Penzance Regatta Day

Penzance Regatta Day

Oil on panel

20.5 x 31.5 cms | 8 x 12 1/4 ins

Penlee House Penzance | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Sheffield, River and Smoking Chimneys

Sheffield, River and Smoking Chimneys

1915

Oil on canvas

58.3 x 48.3 cms | 22 3/4 x 19 ins

Sheffield City Art Galleries Sheffield | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Son of the Sea

Son of the Sea

less than 1 MP
Study for 'The Great Fire of London'

Study for 'The Great Fire of London'

1898

Oil on canvas

83.8 x 61 cms | 32 3/4 x 24 ins

less than 1 MP
The Orchard

The Orchard

1882

Oil On Canvas

73 x 99 cms | 28 1/2 x 38 3/4 ins

Private collection

3 MPs
The Letter

The Letter

1898

Oil on canvas

151 x 116 cms | 59 1/4 x 45 1/2 ins

The Box Plymouth | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Round the Camp Fire

Round the Camp Fire

1903

Oil on canvas

76.2 x 91.2 cms | 30 x 35 3/4 ins

Laing Art Gallery United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
The Little Smithy

The Little Smithy

1894

Oil on canvas

61.3 x 77.2 cms | 24 x 30 1/4 ins

National Museum of Wales Cardiff | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
The Munition Girls, 1918

The Munition Girls, 1918

1918

Oil on canvas

103 x 127 cms | 40 1/2 x 50 ins

Science Museum London | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
January, 22, 1901

January, 22, 1901

Reading the News of the Queen’s Death in a Cornish Cottage

1901

Oil on canvas

94.6 x 124 cms | 37 x 48 3/4 ins

Royal Albert Memorial Museum Exeter | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
The Huckster

The Huckster

1917

Oil on canvas

less than 1 MP
Penolva

Penolva

1913

Oil on canvas

119.5 x 152.5 cms | 47 x 60 ins

Penlee House Penzance | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Short Cut across the Fields

Short Cut across the Fields

1921

Oil on canvas

77.5 x 127 cms | 30 1/2 x 50 ins

1 MPs
On the Bridge

On the Bridge

1925

Oil on canvas

61 x 76 cms | 24 x 29 3/4 ins

Harris Museum and Art Gallery Preston | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
The Old Bridge of Relebbus

The Old Bridge of Relebbus

1927

Oil on canvas

less than 1 MP
The Inner Harbour – Abbey Slip

The Inner Harbour – Abbey Slip

1921

Oil on canvas

76.2 x 101.6 cms | 30 x 40 ins

Penlee House Penzance | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
The Quarry Team

The Quarry Team

1894

Oil on canvas

152.4 x 243.8 cms | 60 x 96 ins

less than 1 MP
On Paul Hill

On Paul Hill

1922

Oil on canvas

89 x 119 cms | 35 x 46 3/4 ins

Penlee House Penzance | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Study For "The Fleet In Sight"

Study For "The Fleet In Sight"

1915

Oil on canvas

61.5 x 51.5 cms | 24 x 20 1/4 ins

Public collection

less than 1 MP
A Cornish Farm

A Cornish Farm

less than 1 MP
Feeding the Pigs

Feeding the Pigs

1921

Oil on canvas

140 x 99 cms | 55 x 38 3/4 ins

University of Exeter, Fine Art Collection Exeter | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Children in a Newlyn Street

Children in a Newlyn Street

Oil on millboard

28.5 x 21 cms | 11 x 8 1/4 ins

Standen - National Trust East Grinstead | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
A Street in Newlyn

A Street in Newlyn

1885

Oil on canvas

43.2 x 25.4 cms | 17 x 10 ins

Public collection

less than 1 MP
Châteaudun, Street Scene

Châteaudun, Street Scene

1901

Oil on canvas

48 x 38 cms | 18 3/4 x 14 3/4 ins

The Whitworth Manchester | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve

1897

Oil on canvas

183.2 x 137.2 cms | 72 x 54 ins

Brighton and Hove Museums & Art Galleries Brighton | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Daily Bread

Daily Bread

1886

less than 1 MP
The Drinking Place

The Drinking Place

1900

Oil on canvas

174 x 152.5 cms | 68 1/2 x 60 ins

Oldham Art Gallery Oldham | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Study For The Destruction Of The Royal Exchange In 1838

Study For The Destruction Of The Royal Exchange In 1838

1920

Oil on canvas

111.7 x 78.8 cms | 43 3/4 x 31 ins

Private collection

less than 1 MP
A Ferryman at Flushing

A Ferryman at Flushing

Oil on canvas

29 x 23 cms | 11 1/4 x 9 ins

Standen - National Trust East Grinstead | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
The Blacksmith's Shop

The Blacksmith's Shop

1917

Oil on canvas

155.1 x 117.5 cms | 61 x 46 1/4 ins

Private collection

less than 1 MP
Study For "Home Along"

Study For "Home Along"

Oil on canvas

79 x 61 cms | 31 x 24 ins

Public collection

less than 1 MP
Evening, Worker's Return

Evening, Worker's Return

1904

Oil on canvas

60 x 50 cms | 23 1/2 x 19 1/2 ins

Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service Hartlepool | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Evening on the Bridge

Evening on the Bridge

Oil on canvas

less than 1 MP
Relubbus Bridge

Relubbus Bridge

1929

Oil on canvas

60.5 x 75 cms | 23 3/4 x 29 1/2 ins

Penlee House Penzance | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Off To Lunch

Off To Lunch

1944

less than 1 MP
Relubbus Bridge

Relubbus Bridge

1928-1930

Oil on canvas

51 x 76 cms | 20 x 29 3/4 ins

Penlee House Penzance | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
The Artist in His Studio

The Artist in His Studio

Oil on canvas

21 x 31 cms | 8 1/4 x 12 ins

Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery Nottingham | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Boy on a Beach

Boy on a Beach

Oil on canvas

less than 1 MP
The Great Fire Of London

The Great Fire Of London

Oil on canvas

153.7 x 101.3 cms | 60 1/2 x 39 3/4 ins

less than 1 MP
Figure on a Newlyn Slip

Figure on a Newlyn Slip

Oil on canvas

27.9 x 18.4 cms | 10 3/4 x 7 ins

Penlee House Penzance | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
The Road above St. Ives

The Road above St. Ives

1887

Oil on canvas

56 x 41 cms | 22 x 16 ins

less than 1 MP
Gossips

Gossips

less than 1 MP
After A Days Work

After A Days Work

1907

Oil On Canvas

61 x 77 cms | 24 x 30 1/4 ins

Private collection

3 MPs
Forging the Anchor

Forging the Anchor

1892

Oil on canvas

263 x 221 cms | 103 1/2 x 87 ins

Christchurch Mansion - Colchester and Ipswich Museums Ipswich | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
The Convent

The Convent

Oil on canvas

less than 1 MP
Italian Fisher Girl with a Rod

Italian Fisher Girl with a Rod

1878

Oil on canvas

61.5 x 51 cms | 24 x 20 ins

Wisbech and Fenland Museum Wisbech | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
The Picture Book

The Picture Book

less than 1 MP
Fading Leaf and Fallen Tree

Fading Leaf and Fallen Tree

1937

Oil on canvas

60 x 74 cms | 23 1/2 x 29 ins

Grundy Art Gallery Blackpool | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Going to School

Going to School

less than 1 MP
Amongst the Pines

Amongst the Pines

1915

Oil on canvas

111.8 x 137.2 cms | 44 x 54 ins

Private collection

less than 1 MP
Hide And Seek

Hide And Seek

Coloured chalks

39.5 x 49 cms | 15 1/2 x 19 1/4 ins

Public collection

less than 1 MP
The Health of the Bride

The Health of the Bride

1889

Oil on canvas

152.4 x 200 cms | 60 x 78 1/2 ins

Tate Gallery London | United Kingdom

5 MPs
Study of a Fisherwoman

Study of a Fisherwoman

1884

Oil on canvas

15 x 20 cms | 5 3/4 x 7 3/4 ins

Penlee House Penzance | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
The Fruit Seller

The Fruit Seller

1920

Oil on canvas

50.8 x 66 cms | 20 x 25 3/4 ins

Public collection

less than 1 MP
By Order of the Court

By Order of the Court

1889-1890

Oil on canvas

less than 1 MP
Forging Steel, The Steel Mill

Forging Steel, The Steel Mill

Oil on canvas

75 x 101 cms | 29 1/2 x 39 3/4 ins

Public collection

less than 1 MP
Against Regatta Day

Against Regatta Day

Oil on canvas

141 x 194 cms | 55 1/2 x 76 1/4 ins

Royal Cornwall Museum Truro | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
The Sidings

The Sidings

1924

Oil on canvas

46 x 61 cms | 18 x 24 ins

Public collection

less than 1 MP
Beach Scene, St. Ives

Beach Scene, St. Ives

1886

Oil on canvas

Bristol Museum and Art Gallery Bristol | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
The Village Philharmonic

The Village Philharmonic

1888

Oil on canvas

135.5 x 172.5 cms | 53 1/4 x 67 3/4 ins

Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery Birmingham | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Women's Royal Naval Service Ratings Sail-Making: Onboard HMS 'Essex' at Devonport

Women's Royal Naval Service Ratings Sail-Making: Onboard HMS 'Essex' at Devonport

1918

Oil on canvas

106.6 x 137.1 cms | 41 3/4 x 53 3/4 ins

Imperial War Museum London London | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Study of Violin and Bow

Study of Violin and Bow

1913

Oil on board

13.8 x 19 cms | 5 1/4 x 7 1/4 ins

Hove Museum and Art Gallery Hove | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Village Rendezvous, Copperhouse Creek, near Hayle

Village Rendezvous, Copperhouse Creek, near Hayle

1938

Oil on canvas

62 x 78 cms | 24 1/4 x 30 1/2 ins

The Box Plymouth | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Still Waters

Still Waters

1886

Oil on canvas

60.5 x 76 cms | 23 3/4 x 29 3/4 ins

Newport Museum and Art Gallery Newport | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
The Terminus, Penzance Station, Cornwall

The Terminus, Penzance Station, Cornwall

1925

Oil on canvas

111 x 137 cms | 43 1/2 x 53 3/4 ins

National Railway Museum, York York | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
The Pond

The Pond

Oil on canvas

49 x 61.5 cms | 19 1/4 x 24 ins

Newport Museum and Art Gallery Newport | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Through the Marshes

Through the Marshes

1927

Oil on canvas

64.8 x 74.8 cms | 25 1/2 x 29 1/4 ins

National Railway Museum, York York | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Contemplation

Contemplation

Oil on canvas

78.7 x 97.8 cms | 30 3/4 x 38 1/2 ins

Private collection

less than 1 MP
A Girl Reading in a Wicker Chair

A Girl Reading in a Wicker Chair

c. 1920

Oil on canvas

50.3 x 59.7 cms | 19 3/4 x 23 1/2 ins

less than 1 MP
The Young Pianist

The Young Pianist

1926

less than 1 MP
Elizabeth Adela Forbes

Elizabeth Adela Forbes

Oil on canvas

33.5 x 27 cms | 13 x 10 1/2 ins

Penlee House Penzance | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Desirée at the Piano

Desirée at the Piano

less than 1 MP
Florence

Florence

1878

Oil on canvas

74.5 x 62 cms | 29 1/4 x 24 1/4 ins

Nottingham Art Gallery Nottingham | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Self Portrait

Self Portrait

1890

Oil on canvas

less than 1 MP
Self Portrait

Self Portrait

1891

Oil on canvas

Aberdeen Art Gallery Aberdeen | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Percy Sharman

Percy Sharman

1923

Oil on canvas

60 x 50 cms | 23 1/2 x 19 1/2 ins

Reading Museum Reading | United States

less than 1 MP
Portrait of an Artist, William Pascoe

Portrait of an Artist, William Pascoe

1933

Oil on canvas

61.3 x 51.5 cms | 24 x 20 1/4 ins

Walker Art Gallery Liverpool | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
The Violinist

The Violinist

Oil on canvas

92.8 x 85 cms | 36 1/2 x 33 1/4 ins

Private collection

less than 1 MP
Young Apprentice

Young Apprentice

Newlyn Copperworks

Oil on canvas

76.5 x 61.5 cms | 30 x 24 ins

Penlee House Penzance | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
The Violinist

The Violinist

Walter Barnes, the Conductor of the Penzance Orchestral Society

Oil on canvas

92 x 71.5 cms | 36 x 28 ins

Penlee House Penzance | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Mrs Forbes (the artist's mother)

Mrs Forbes (the artist's mother)

1910

Oil on canvas

109 x 94 cms | 42 3/4 x 37 ins

Penlee House Penzance | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
William Henry, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe

William Henry, 4th Earl of Mount Edgcumbe

1903

Oil on canvas

125 x 99.5 cms | 49 x 39 ins

Mount Edgcumbe House Cremyll | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Dr Cecil Francis Watts

Dr Cecil Francis Watts

Oil on canvas

76.4 x 61 cms | 30 x 24 ins

Victoria Art Gallery Bath | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Henry Vigurs Harris

Henry Vigurs Harris

1889

Oil on canvas

90 x 70 cms | 35 1/4 x 27 1/2 ins

The Box Plymouth | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
James Jewill Hill

James Jewill Hill

1904

Oil on canvas

91 x 71.5 cms | 35 3/4 x 28 ins

Penlee House Penzance | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Second Lieutenant Alec Forbes, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

Second Lieutenant Alec Forbes, Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

1916

Oil on canvas

60 x 50 cms | 23 1/2 x 19 1/2 ins

Cornwall's Regimental Museum Bodmin | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
John Stone, Town Clerk of Bath

John Stone, Town Clerk of Bath

1893

Oil on canvas

137 x 109 cms | 53 3/4 x 42 3/4 ins

Victoria Art Gallery Bath | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Sir Peter Eade, Mayor of Norwich

Sir Peter Eade, Mayor of Norwich

1895

Oil on canvas

137.8 x 111.9 cms | 54 1/4 x 44 ins

less than 1 MP
Grosvenor Hodgkinson

Grosvenor Hodgkinson

Oil on canvas

96 x 78 cms | 37 3/4 x 30 1/2 ins

Newark and Sherwood Museum Service Newark | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Alderman G. J. Johnson

Alderman G. J. Johnson

1895

Oil on canvas

138.7 x 112.5 cms | 54 1/2 x 44 1/4 ins

Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery Birmingham | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
William Livingstone Watson of Ayton

William Livingstone Watson of Ayton

Oil on canvas

124.4 x 100.3 cms | 48 3/4 x 39 1/4 ins

Perth and Kinross Council Perth | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP
Study for the Carter in 'The Lighting Up Time'

Study for the Carter in 'The Lighting Up Time'

1881

Oil on canvas

74 x 60 cms | 29 x 23 1/2 ins

Royal Cornwall Museum Truro | United Kingdom

less than 1 MP