English School (c.1820)

The brig Waterloo of Nevin entering the Mersey off the Bidston Lighthouse

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English School (c.1820)
The brig Waterloo of Nevin entering the Mersey off the Bidston Lighthouse
oil on board
23 x 35in. (58.4 x 88.8cm.)

Literature

This naive but highly interesting early work is illustrated and discussed by A.S. Davidson in his catalogue raisonee of Samuel Walters - Marine Artist, published by Jones-Sands, 1992, p.8.

Lot Essay

Built at Nevin [Cardigan Bay, West Wales] in 1815, the Waterloo was registered at 104 tons and, circa 1820, was trading out of Liverpool to Dublin. Subsequently changing her regular route to Gloucester to London, shortly before she disappears from record in 1844 she was trading out of Beaumaris [North Wales] to London

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