Joseph Hughes Clayton (British, active 1891-1929) - Pair of watercolour Paintings. 'Afternoon at

Joseph Hughes Clayton (British, active 1891-1929) - Pair of watercolour Paintings. 'Afternoon at Penrhyn Point' and 'Low Tide'. Both depict fishing boats in the shelter of the bay, cottages, Seagulls and distant headlands with bigger swells out to sea. Taken from opposite sides of the rocky shoreline at Cemaes Bay, Anglesea, North Wales. Signed in opposing corners 'J. Hughes Clayton'. Both paintings removed from frames. Titled and some painting notes written in pencil on reverse of both. Total board size is 41.5cm x 21.5cm each. Note* - The Paintings have been in a house by Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool, Since they where painted. Joseph Hughes Clayton was a prominent member of the Royal Cambrian Academy in the late 19th century. He worked mainly on the North Wales coast and Anglesey producing sentimental studies of the fishing community particularly at Cemaes Bay where he owned a cottage. He also Lived in Liverpool and Cheshire. He exhibited paintings at the Walker Gallery, Liverpool. Joseph Hughes Clayton (Prydeinig, gweithredol 1891-1929) - Pâr o baentiadau dyfrlliw. 'Prynhawn ym Mhwynt Penrhyn' a 'Llanw Isel'. Mae'r ddau yn darlunio cychod pysgota yng nghysgod y bae, bythynnod, gwylanod a phentiroedd pell gyda chwydd mwy allan i'r môr. Wedi'i gymryd o ochrau cyferbyn y draethlin greigiog ym Mae Cemaes, Anglesea, Gogledd Cymru. Arwyddwyd mewn corneli gwrthwynebol 'J. Hughes Clayton'. Tynnwyd y ddau ddarlun o'r fframiau. Teitl a rhai nodiadau peintio wedi'u hysgrifennu mewn pensil ar gefn y ddau. Cyfanswm maint y bwrdd yw 41.5cm x 21.5cm yr un. Nodyn* - Mae'r Paentiadau wedi bod mewn tŷ ger Cae Ras Aintree, Lerpwl, Ers iddynt gael eu paentio. Roedd Joseph Hughes Clayton yn aelod blaenllaw o'r Academi Frenhinol Gymreig ar ddiwedd y 19eg ganrif. Bu’n gweithio’n bennaf ar arfordir Gogledd Cymru ac Ynys Môn gan gynhyrchu astudiaethau sentimental o’r gymuned bysgota yn enwedig ym Mae Cemaes lle’r oedd yn berchen ar fwthyn. Bu hefyd yn byw yn Lerpwl a sir Gaer. Arddangosodd luniau yn Oriel Walker, Lerpwl