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Banjo Pier, Looe, Cornwall
The end of the pier. Figure stands in the circular hub looking out to sea. Vertical structure supports beacon lights. Wavy horizon line three-quarters high on page.
LL H Scales
Verso pencil (in artist’s hand) "Banjo Pier", Looe, Cornwall, 1967. Fishermans Beacon Lights.
Gretchen Albrecht and James Ross
Auckland, New Zealand
Purchased by original owner, Gretchen Albrecht, from the artist at a private exhibition in her Brentwood Avenue flat, Mt Eden, Auckland, New Zealand, August 1976, just prior to the artist returning to Europe. Title and date supplied by artist at time of purchase.
“The most notable example of a banjo pier, so called because of its banjo shape, is this, at Looe, Cornwall, which was the first of its type and became a prototype for many others. The pier was built in 1897. It acts as a seawall separating River Looe from East Looe beach to prevent silt blocking the river and allow vessels to enter harbour and quays from the open sea.” – Camp, Mark and Barbara Birchwood Harper, The Book of Looe: Tourism, Trawlers and Trade, Halsgrove, Somerset, UK, 2007
Photos by Sam Hartnett
