Teacher Resource Art Gallery Quiz · John Atkinson Grimshaw – Atkinson Grimshaw was born in Leeds and began work as a clerk for the Great Northern Railway. Later he painted moonlight

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Please note we are rehanging parts of the Gallery during 17-18; some of these

paintings may be temporarily in store at this time. Please check with our curatorial

staff in advance if you are planning to do this quiz with your pupils.

Courtship on the Beach, Charles Wynne Nicholls

Paintings like this were displayed in galleries to give a message to gallery-goers.

Look carefully at the man and woman on the left.

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What is she wearing?

Can you see what she is reading?

What do you think the man might be saying to her?

What is the girl to the right doing?

What is the boy with bare feet doing?

Scarborough Spa at Night, Francis Sydney Muschamp

This painting commemorates the grand reopening of the Spa after it was destroyed by fire in 1876.

It shows a typical social scene at the Spa at a time when people showed their wealth through their

clothing.

What are people listening to?

What can you see across the Bay?


What colour dresses are the ladies wearing?

Why do you think one lady has a fan?

Holidaymakers on Scarborough Beach, T. Ramsey

This painting is extremely important in Scarborough’s history because it shows the first use of

bathing machines on the beach.

What are people doing on the beach?

What sort of things do people do today on the beach?

What animals can you see?

What animals might you see now on the beach?

How are people dressed?


How does this compare to what people wear now on the beach?

John Atkinson Grimshaw – Atkinson Grimshaw was born in Leeds and began work as a clerk

for the Great Northern Railway. Later he painted moonlight scenes like the ones here. He rented

a big house in Scarborough called ‘Castle by the Sea’.

(1) Lights in the Harbour,

1879

2) Burning off a fishing

boat at Scarborough,

1877

A fishing vessel is seen labouring through heavy seas whipped up by a south-easterly gale, anxiously watched by a group including family members which has gathered on the quayside. A brazier has been lit to warn the skipper not to attempt to enter the harbour but to wait for more favourable conditions or head for an alternative haven. What do you like about these paintings? What don’t you like?


Robert Ernest Roe

This shows a famous storm in Scarborough in 1880.

What do you think the people on the shore are trying to do?

Do you know what the large building to the right is?


Scarborough from the Sea, James Wilson Carmichael

John Wilson Carmichael, a marine painter, was born at Newcastle Upon Tyne. The picture shows many fishing vessels in and around Scarborough Harbour. In the background

the Spa bridge, the spa itself and the Grand Hotel can be identified.

Do you think this looks like Scarborough?

Why not?

How many boats can you see?

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Teacher Resource Art Gallery Quiz · John Atkinson Grimshaw – Atkinson Grimshaw was born in Leeds and began work as a clerk for the Great Northern Railway. Later he painted moonlight