Summer on the Sands
- Title
- Summer on the Sands
- Actual Title
- The Beach at Land's End, Cornwall
- Artist
- John Brett
- Artist Full Name
- John Brett (1831-1902)
- Status
- R. A.
- Date (Painted or Exhibited)
- 1879
- Type
- Oil on panel
- Size (HxW mm)
- 180 x 355
- Current Location
- National Trust, Wightwick Manor, Wolverhampton: NT230UNO.
- Lent By
- Stephen Winkworth, Esq.
- Catalog Number
- 61
- Catalog Page
- 10
- Catalog Description
- Now the great winds shoreward blow,/ Now the salt tides seaward flow;/ Now the wild white horses play,/ Champ and chafe and toss in the spray. / (Matthew Arnold).
- Alt-Text
- A sandy beach with scattered rocks and shallow pools of water in the foreground, gentle waves in the midground, and distant islands under a partly cloudy sky.
- Image Credit
- © National Trust Images