Robert Bliss, Young Male Dancer Stretching, 1970

Two of Henry Scott Tuke's models

Robert Bliss, Athlete with a blue shirt, 1965

Henry Scott Tuke, In the meadow, 1906

Robert Bliss, Boy and rings, 1960

Cabin Boy, 🎨 by Henry Scott Tuke

Robert Bliss, Boy with a blue oar, 1963

Robert Bliss, Boy in blue, 1961

Robert Bliss, Boy standing with legs crossed, 1960

This is one of the last paintings Tuke did before he died in March 1929, of the semi-clad male figure by the sea leaning on the rocks, bathed in Cornish sunlight. It features one of his most loyal and longstanding models in Tuke's later years, Charlie Mitchell (1885 – 1957).