Lot Essay
This work is representative of one of the small Cumbrian ports.
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A pilot boat guiding a small fleet of larger trading vessels off a lighthouse
Details
Robert Salmon (British/American, 1775-c.1845)
A pilot boat guiding a small fleet of larger trading vessels off a lighthouse
signed, dated and inscribed 'No. 860.Painted by R Salmon/1836' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
16 x 20 in. (40.5 x 50.8 cm.)
painted in 1836
A pilot boat guiding a small fleet of larger trading vessels off a lighthouse
signed, dated and inscribed 'No. 860.Painted by R Salmon/1836' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
16 x 20 in. (40.5 x 50.8 cm.)
painted in 1836
Literature
John Wilmerding, Robert Salmon Painter of Ship & Shore, Boston, 1971, p. 96 no. 860. (as Boat and storm, lite house and ships)