Lot 212: William Arthur Toplis (Sheffield 1857-1942 Sark)

William Arthur Toplis (Sheffield 1857-1942 Sark)
Creux Harbour, Sark
signed and dated 'Willm A. Toplis. 94' (lower right) and inscribed 'Creux Riber. at the entrance to Creux harbour - Sark. Sketch made in 1893 - before alterations were made W.A. Toplis' (on the reverse)
oil on board
10½ x 9¼in. (26.7 x 23.5cm.)

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
In 1883, the painter William Arthur Toplis took a fortnight's holiday in Sark and was so captivated by the Island that he sent for his possessions and spent the rest of his life there. For the remaining fifty-nine years of his life he set about with single minded determination to record every part of Sark's forty-mile coastline.