# No Tidings from the Sea

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## Artwork

- Artist: [HOLL, Frank](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/holl-frank-r5091069848b209>)
- Date: 1851-1900
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 71 x 91 cm

## Commentary

This painting shows the interior of a fisherman&#39;s cottage in the early morning after a storm. The seating woman has been out all night looking for her husband who is now presumed dead. There are two small children: a daughter who clings to the skirts of an elderly woman and a small boy asleep on the floor with a toy boat beside him. The painting is based on a scene witnessed by the artist in the coastal village of Cullercoats in Northumberland.

## Attribution

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