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Ruby, Gold and Malachite is an oil-on-canvas painting by Henry Scott Tuke.  It depicts six young men in and around a boat, bathing in the sea.  It was painted near Falmouth and exhibited at the Royal Academy summer exhibition in 1902, along with two other works by Tuke, The Run Home and Portrait of Alfred de Pass.   It was one of his greatest successes.
The painting measures 117 centimetres (46 in) by 159 centimetres (63 in).  It was acquired by the City of London Corporation and is displayed at the Guildhall Art Gallery.
Ruby Gold Malachite Royal Academy summer exhibition Alfred de Pass Falmouth Henry Scott Tuke Guildhall Art Gallery oil-on-canvas City of London Corporation