Lot Essay
The Kenilworth Castle was launched at Smith's Dock in 1943 and scrapped in 1959
Details
Tom Lewsey (exh.1946-1964)
Sloop under trysail passing the Castle Class corvette H.M.S. Kenilworth Castle in a gale with a heavy swell
signed 'Tom Lewsey' and with the remains of an inscription '...standing by' on a torn label attached to the reverse
oil on canvas
36 x 48in. (91 x 122cm.)
Sloop under trysail passing the Castle Class corvette H.M.S. Kenilworth Castle in a gale with a heavy swell
signed 'Tom Lewsey' and with the remains of an inscription '...standing by' on a torn label attached to the reverse
oil on canvas
36 x 48in. (91 x 122cm.)
Provenance
The Royal Burnham Yacht Club, Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex.