Lot 488: R. W. Thornton Signed Watercolour of St Mary's Lighthouse Whitley Bay 55x45cm

A representational landscape watercolour on paper depicting St Mary’s Lighthouse and island at Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear. The composition features the lighthouse and keeper’s cottages on a rocky outcrop, viewed across a shoreline of tidal pools and scattered rocks under an atmospheric, clouded sky. The work is executed with transparent washes and fine brush details to the architectural elements and foreground textures. The painting is signed R. W. THORNTON in black ink to the lower left corner. It is presented in a modern brushed silver-toned frame with a double mount comprising a cream outer mat and a gold-toned inner border.