Caught by the Tide

Caught by the Tide is an 1869 oil painting by the British[artist James Clarke Hook.Roe & Hardy p.86 It depicts a group of children who have become stranded by the rising tide while collecting crabs and are signalling to a passing ship. As often with Hook's paintings the sea is an active participant in the painting rather than being background, in this case as a threatening menace.McMaster p.153

The painting was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1869 held at Burlington House in London, one of three he exhibited that year.McMaster p.206 It was acquired by the art collector Charles Gassiot who in 1902 bequeathed it to the City of London's Guildhall Art Gallery.

References

Bibliography McMaster, Juliet. James Clarke Hook: Painter of the Sea. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2023. Payne, Christiana. Where the Sea Meets the Land: Artists on the Coast in Nineteenth-century Britain. Sanson, 2007. Roe, Sonia & Hardy, Pat. Oil Paintings in Public Ownership in the City of London. Public Catalogue Foundation, 2009.