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The Wreck of the Royal Albert, Table Bay
Details
Thomas William Bowler (1812-1869)
The Wreck of the Royal Albert, Table Bay
inscribed 'Wreck of the Royal Albert Captain Whiteside in Table Bay/N.W. gale June 25...' on the stretcher
oil on canvas
18½ x 25in. (47 x 63.5cm.)
The Wreck of the Royal Albert, Table Bay
inscribed 'Wreck of the Royal Albert Captain Whiteside in Table Bay/N.W. gale June 25...' on the stretcher
oil on canvas
18½ x 25in. (47 x 63.5cm.)
Provenance
'Purchased by tender £10/19.5.14/from Messrs D.../Wreck of Royal Albert in Table Bay 1850/oil painting by TWB...'(according to an old label on the stretcher). Stuart Solomon
Stephen Cavanagh
Mrs. Carleton-Jones
Mr. L. Sulcas, by whom loaned to the South African National Gallery from 1965 (labels on the reverse).
Stephen Cavanagh
Mrs. Carleton-Jones
Mr. L. Sulcas, by whom loaned to the South African National Gallery from 1965 (labels on the reverse).
Literature
F.R. Bradlow, Thomas Bowler His Art and Work, Cape Town, 1967, p.135, no.175 and sold with a photocopy of a letter from Dr. Bradlow dated to December 1985 to Mr. L. Sulcas authenticating the present work, 'an unusual picture and a very good one'.