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He was a well-travelled artist, painting coastal scenes not only in parts of England and Wales, but also in Holland, Belgium and France and parts of the Rhine. He also travelled around the Mediterranean, using noticeably brighter colours than when he painted in Northern Europe. His travels took him as far as Constantinople, the waterfront of which he also painted. Webb painted in a robust, naturalistic style. His father was artist Archibald Webb, who too specialised in seascapes.\r\n\r\nThis coastal scene, characterised by detailed study of several ships under an expansive, domineering sky, is typical of Webb’s work. It has been suggested that it depicts an area of coast near Dordrecht. Webb is known to have painted extensively around this region.\r\n\r\n<u>Source</u>: \r\nChristopher Wood, <i>Dictionary of Victorian Painters</i> (Woodbridge: Antiques Collectors’ Club, 1971), p.186\r\n","physicalDescription":"Painting depicting a coastal scene with multiple ships on the water. 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