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British Schooner Ship Entering Jersey / Guernsey Harbour Port, 19th Century

Pleasure Boating Off Brighton Pier, 19th Century by George MEARS (1826-1906) Fine large 19th Century view of a pleasure boat off Brighton Pier, oil on p...

Shipping Off Dover, 19th Century attributed to THOMAS BUTTERSWORTH (1768-1842) 19th century English marine oil of shipping off dover, oil on panel attributed to Thomas Buttersworth...

Ships Sailing Off The Coast, circa 1800 Thomas LUNY (1759-1837) - one of a pair Huge 18th/19th century English shipping scene of various vessels off the coast with figures looking ...

British Royal Navy Anchored Off Naples, 19th Century TOMMASO DE SIMONE (1805-1888) Large 19th Century view of the British Royal Navy fleet off the coast of Naples, oil on canvas by...

Portrait of the Schooner G.F. Hathaway. Dated 1877. Oil on canvas portrait of the 2-masted schooner G.F. Hathaway of St. John, New Brunswick under sail passing a lighthouse. signed a...

Richard Ball Spencer British, (1812-1897) The Perthshire off Ailsa Craig Oil on canvas, signed Image size: 22.25 inches x 36.25 inches Size including frame: 31 inches x 45 inches This painting by Richard Ball Spencer is of the Perthshire, a three-masted barque sailing off Ailsa Craig. The Perthshire was built in Dundee in 1874 and was owned by Thomas Law of 123 Hope Street, Glasgow. The red ensign flying on the mizzenmast indicates it was a British merchant or passenger ship. The owner may well have commissioned the painting to commemorate its maiden voyage. Ailsa Craig, pictured to the far left, is a small uninhabited island off the west mainland of Scotland in the outer Firth of Clyde. The island is made up of volcanic rock which was quarried in the past and is now only used as a source of microgranite to make curling stones. The island is known by a number of different names including A' Chreag (the rock) and Creag Alasdair (Alasdair's rock). It was also sometimes referred to in the past as ‘Paddy’s Milestone’ as it marked the halfway of the sea journey Belfast to Glasgow made by Irish Emigrants seeking work. Richard Ball Spencer was born in London’s East End on 11 November, 1812 to John and Elizabeth Ball. His father was a grocer and the family lived at 106 York Road in Mile End. Both Richard and his brother Thomas were given their mother’s maiden name as their middle names. By 1841, he had established himself as a marine painter specialising in ship portraits and was influenced by artists such as Joseph Heard (1799-1859), William John Huggins (1781-1845) and Robert Salmon (c1775-1845). He spent his time travelling to trading ports around the British coast as well as the nearby London docks of Brunswick Wharf and the Isle of...

James Hardy (British contemporary, 21st century) signed oil painting on board, framed board: 8 x 10 inches provenance: private collection condition: overall very good, a few markings...

This mid-19th-century oil painting attributed to British artist William Adolphus Knell (1805-1875) depicts a sailing yacht before a Mediterranean coastline. Knell was one of the lead...