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| Keywords: Frank Bramley - A Hopeless Dawn 1888.jpg Artwork A young wife kneels in despair beside her old mother who has been trying to comfort her during the long watches of a tempestuous night A Bible lies open before them Through the cottage window is seen a raging sea by the light of a cheerless dawn breaking through a stormy sky On the window-sill a candle that has burnt all night as a beacon has just flickered out “ Descriptive and historical catalogue of the pictures and sculpture in the National Gallery British art 1907 Exhibited at the Royal Academy 1888 with the following quotation from John Ruskin Human effort and sorrow going on perpetually from age to age; waves rolling for ever and winds moaning and faithful hearts wasting and sickening for ever and brave lives dashed away about the rattling beach like weeds for ever; and still at the helm of every lonely boat through starless night and hopeless dawn His hand who spreads the fisher's net over the dust of the Sidonian palaces and gave unto the fisher's hand the keys of the kingdom of heaven 1888 oil on canvas Support 1226 x 1676 mm Institution Tate Britain place of discovery object history exhibition history Royal Academy exhibition 1888; Recently Deceased Members Royal Academy exhibition winter 1922 credit line Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1888 Bottom left Frank Bramley 88 accession number N01627 place of creation Newlyn Cornwall Tate Gallery online database http //www tate org uk/art/artworks/bramley-a-hopeless-dawn-n01627 PD-old-auto 1915 Frank Bramley | ||||
