There ya go gentlemen,even woman can paint shipscourtesy of squashedtoad on WC....
There ya go gentlemen,even woman can paint ships
Hi George,
that is a very good painting,it conveys a sense of place and all seems to be of correct proportions. Who is the artist and where is the place? It is a picture that I would hang on my wall,thanks.
BianD
How do,Brian
Vancouver BC.
http://squashedtoad.blogspot.com/
This is a Charles Dixon study of the Great Eastern,it is actually titled "The Great Eastern leaving the River Mersey" but I cannot recognise any parts of the river as being the Mersey. The lighters/barges were never seen on the river in my time,nor can I see whether we are looking north or south. I know that this once great ship became an advertising hulk for Lewis's department store;this painting was not dated clearly and I wondered if any of you Mersey watchers can spot anything that might give a clue to her position,
BrianD
She is leaving Liverpool outward bound and has just left the new Stage. built and opened in June 1847, the Great Eastern was built in 1858, so the Stage was there. So that must be the entrance to Clarence or Trafalgar docks. or somewhere.
This is another Shoesmith classic from Glyn L. Evans book.
We are looking at a Royal Mail "A" Class ship heading west with a "bone" in her teeth.The sea is like glass, and an almost cloudless sky is being tinted with dawns early light. It looks like this could be the Alcantara ,a ship in which my late great uncle Joe was a quartermaster.
BrianD
This is the ex Den of Airlie,built for Barrie and Nairn in 1913,she was one of two ships sold to Cunard in 1916,She was renamed Valeria and survived two attacks by U-boats only to run aground on Taylors Bank in the Mersey on the 21st of March 1918 as she approached the end of a passage from New York with a general cargo for Liverpool. She later caught
fire and became a total loss,
BrianD
The painting is unattributed
HMS Majestic
The Majestic class of battleship was the very embodiment of late Victorian power,the flagship of the old queens navy,and guardian of her empire. She was built in 1898,the first of nine,the largest class of steel battleships ever built,armed with four 12 inch guns and 12 to 16 secondary six inch guns.The buff ,white and black livery was inherited from the mid-Victorian ironclads such as Warrior.It was thought at that time that conspicuous displays of power maintained peace ,and supported the expanding wealth of Empire based on trade,capital and investment.
Premier Gladstones political career was ended by the decision to build up the naval strength and ushered in an era of naval arms races.
Majestic met her doom off the Gallipoli beachhead when she was sunk by a threat unimagined when she was conceived two decades before,a torpedo from a U-Boat.
BrianD
This picture is from the National Maritime Museum and was executed by Eduardo de Martino in 1898
What a magnificent Navy we had in those days.
There are more ships in that painting than we have in the entire navy today.
Off to the Pacific Islands Monday. Hawaii, Tahiti ,Rarotonga etc, etc. Hoping to get aboard the CARRIER, USS MIDWAY when we are in San Diego for a few days also the old British Sailing Ship `STAR OF INDIA`. Also having four days on the old QUEEN MARY in Long Beach, so I will get some good photos. back in April.
Cheers
Brian.
"Endeavour to persevere" CK. You poor thing. Have yourself a good trip, pleasant weather and lots of pics.Originally Posted by captain kong
Cap'n Kong
I hope you and Anne have a wonderful time,bring us back a coconut,
BrianD
iA ORANA E TE MAU HOPA, EAHA TO ORUA HURU.
just practicing my Tahitian.
Murururu, Thanks for that Brian, as long as I dont bring anything else back like the old days.
I am going to meet up with some of my old mates in Tahiti and Moorea,
Stan, Tico,, Rico, Eline.
Matahiti api
Cheers.
Brian.
brian daley
Cap'n Kong
I hope you and Anne have a wonderful time,bring us back a coconut,BrianD
Hi Brian,
Here is the Coconut from my friend Eline in Tahiti
Cheers .Brian,
Off tomorrow, Monday. back in six weeks.
Hi Brian,
looks scrumptious,coconut looks good as well,
Via con Dios amigo's
BrianD
She sure does look good Brian
Be with her in a couple of weeks.
Back in six weeks
Sayonara.
Brian.
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