Painting
Five Ships - Mount's Bay, c. 1928
Alfred Wallis
Oil and graphite on card
440 x 555 mm
[AW 8]
On display
About the artist
Born 1855 – Died 1942
Wallis was born in Devon. He worked as a fisherman and later a scrap-metal merchant in St. Ives, Cornwall. After the death of his wife in 1922, he turned to painting as a way of fending off loneliness.
DISCOVER MORE
A Handful of Objects
Five Ships - Mount's Bay
Five Ships - Mount's Bay
Learn more about this artwork through our interactive resource