A Charismatic Original Oil on Canvas: Beach Scene by Ernest Forbes (1877-1962), RBA. sub-Antiques forming a huge part of

forming a huge part of popular entertainment at fairgrounds many moons ago

Signed in pencil lower left Jobtz

a spiky chap but as soft as a brush and as hollow as the murmur of the midnight sea

There are only two small areas of loss

the body of paper maché

A Charismatic Original Oil on Canvas: Beach Scene by Ernest Forbes (1877-1962), RBA. sub-Antiques forming a huge part ofOrigin: English Period: Early Twentieth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1920 Canvas Height: 9 inches Canvas Width: 12. 5 inches Painted in oils on canvas, depicting a sunny beach scene, with four main figures to the foreground and another four to the background. The painting is signed Ernest Forbes in the lower right corner in black oiled script and is presented in a simple wooden frame with gilt border. Verso the picture is marked again in