Freshwater and Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight

Freshwater, at the western end of the Isle of Wight, drew artists again and again to its chalk cliffs, its sea caves and the...

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Freshwater, at the western end of the Isle of Wight, drew artists again and again to its chalk cliffs, its sea caves and the Arched Rock. The earliest print is a set of three views of the cave published in the Gentleman's Magazine in 1787, and the cave returns in many views of around 1840 and in a scene of breaking waves from 1864. Other Victorian prints show the beach, the Arched Rock and the older local name of Freshwater Gate. Illustrations of 1908 look towards the Needles and Totland Bay and inland to Farringford House, and Ernest Haslehust painted the bay in 1920.

Freshwater, at the western end of the Isle of Wight, drew artists again and again to its chalk cliffs, its sea caves and the Arched Rock. The earliest print is a set of three views of the cave published in the Gentleman's Magazine in 1787, and the cave returns in many views of around 1840 and in a scene of breaking waves from 1864. Other Victorian prints show the beach, the Arched Rock and the older local name of Freshwater Gate. Illustrations of 1908 look towards the Needles and Totland Bay and inland to Farringford House, and Ernest Haslehust painted the bay in 1920.

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