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Richard Howard Penton

Illustration — Watercolour dated to about 1949 shows Pamir, a German sail training ship, leaving Wapping in London. Richard Howard Penton (known professionally as Howard Penton) (1882–1960) was an English marine and landscape painter. He exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts, the Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Society of Marine Artists.

Richard Howard Penton

Watercolour by Richard Howard Penton (also known professionally as Howard Penton) 1882 -1960. A founder member of the Wapping Group of artists founded in 1946 which still actively exists, observing and Painting the river Thames. This watercolour dated about 1949 shows the Pamir, a German sail training ship, leaving Wapping in London.

Richard Howard Penton · I own this painting and am a relative of the painter R.H.Penton 1882 -1906 · CC0

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1882
Died
1960

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