Paull Jetty. Low Water.

George Holmes

Little is found on the life of George Holmes as an artist; however, he was a noted maritime enthusiast who wrote about the culture of the Humber fishermen, sailing, and the lands surrounding the Humber estuary. His writings were accompanied by ink and watercolor drawings and, as proven here, somewhere along the lines he formally engaged in printmaking lessons. Holmes is credited with developing the original canoe yawl, a type of small sailing vessel that found popularity in the late 1800s and has since been further developed. A book on the life of Holmes, titled "Holmes of the Humber" by Tony Watts, was the flagship publication of Lodestar Books and is available online.

Here, he depicts a fishing boat anchored at low tide along the shores of the Humber Estuary in Paull, a village in East Yorkshire, England. In the midground, right, is a fisherman pulling in a dinghy at the base of a pier. This image is in the permanent collection of the British Museum (see reference).

From the collection of Danish critic and author Georg Bröchner, who wrote for the British art magazine "The Studio" in the early 20th century.