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During his lifetime he exhibited 171 landscapes at the Royal Academy, 131 at the British Institute and 24 at the Society of British Artists.  He mainly painted views of Devon, which was where he was born, but also elsewhere in England, Wales and Scotland.  This particular painting was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1836 and is possibly of the Lincolnshire coast.","physicalDescription":"Top half of picture is sky, the bottom half shows the sea and a beach disapperaing off into the distance.  In the left foreground a man and woman gather seaweed next to a cart with two horses harnessed to it.  The cart is already heavily loaded with seaweed.  Another woman with a basket on her back and a net in her right hand walks with her back to the viewer toward the distance.  Beyond her are other figures walking on the beach, varying distances away, and another cart by the water's edge. 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