TW429383 The Story of the Wreck, c.1872 (oil on canvas) by Beavis, Richard (1824-96); 54x77.5 cm; Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens, Tyne & Wear, UK; (add.info.: This scene shows the morning after a shipwreck on a French beach. The last storm clouds are fading on the horizon as local people salvage what they can from the wreck on the beach. In the foreground, a farmer has paused while tilling his field to tell the story of the wreck to an official on horseback. Richard Beavis lived in Boulogne in France from 1867 to 1868. He was a successful interior designer as well as a painter;); 穢 Sunderland Museums ; English, out of copyright.