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Algernon Newton

1880–1968

A Gleam of Sunlight 1966
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Biography

Algernon Cecil Newton (23 February 1880 – 21 May 1968) was an English landscape artist known as the "Canaletto of the canals".

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Artworks

  • The Surrey Canal, Camberwell

    Algernon Newton
    1935
  • A Gleam of Sunlight

    Algernon Newton
    1966

Sketches, letters, etc.

  • Sketch ‘Sheds in a Field’

    Algernon Newton
    [c.1925]
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  • Drawing of landscape with church tower and two cows, and on the reverse a drawing of a tree and sky

    Algernon Newton
    1934
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  • Drawing of trees and landscape

    Algernon Newton
    [c.1944]
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  • Drawing of Regent’s Canal, Paddington with blank framed drawn on reverse

    Algernon Newton
    date not known
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