(Georges) William Thornley

[Shipping off St Michael's Mount]
[Whitby Bay]
both oil on canvas
pair

1857 - 1933.

http://www.artnet.com/artist/554279/georges-william-thornley.html

William Thornley also went by the names of Georges William and Thornbery. He was a painter of genre, architecture, landscape, marine and fishing scenes. He exhibited works at the Paris Salon and the Salon of French Artists, receiving an honorable mention in 1881 and a third place medal in 1888. He painted a number of landscapes of Holland, Norway, Belgium and Italy, but is best remembered for his seascapes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_William_Thornley

http://www.haynesfineart.com/artists/william-thornley.htm