2956794 St. Ives, 1889 (oil on canvas) by Mottram, Charles Sim (1852-1919); 39.4x120 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Mottram was born in London, but like many Victorian artists drawn by the cool light and natural beauty of Cornwall, began to paint Cornish scenes in the late 1880s. Just beyond the slate roofs in the foreground, opalescent in the sunlight, sailboats languidly circle in a calm bay in this seaside idyll. ); Photo 穢 The Maas Gallery, London.