Lot Essay
THE PENANT CLEARLY IDENTIFIES THE PADDLE STEAMER AS THE 1200 TON VICTORIA, BUILT IN HULL BY JAMES NORTH, OWNED BY BROWNLOW AND PEARSON, AND LAUNCHED ON JUNE 19TH, 1837, THE DAY BEFORE THE ACCESSION OF QUEEN VICTORIA.
THE HANDSOME GEORGIAN BULIDINGS ALONG THE DOCKS REFLECT HULL'S PROSPERITY IN THE LATE EIGHTEENTH AND EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY. A NEW DOCK, QUEEN'S BASIN, OPENED IN 1778, AND TWO NEW DOCKS WERE BUILT AFTER 1800. PROSPEROUS MERCHANTS IN HULL PROVIDED A READY MARKET FOR THE WORK OF ARTIST'S LIKE THOMAS BINKS, WHO WAS PROBABLY ALSO ACTIVE AS A DECORATIVE PAINTER.
THOMAS BINKS WAS A PUPIL OF THOMAS MEGGITT OF HULL. HE PAINTED WHALING SCENES (WHALING FORMED AN IMPORTANT PART OF HULL'S PROPSERITY), PADDLE STEAMERS IN THE HULL ROADS, AND SAILING SHIPS. BINK'S SON, THOMAS A. BINKS (FL.1840'S) IS DESCRIBED AS A 'SIGN AND SHIP'S PAINTER' IN THE DIRECTORIES FROM 1842-1848.
THE WORK OF THOMAS BINKS IS REPRESENTED IN THE FERENS ART GALLERY, HULL AND THE NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM, GREENWICH.
THE HANDSOME GEORGIAN BULIDINGS ALONG THE DOCKS REFLECT HULL'S PROSPERITY IN THE LATE EIGHTEENTH AND EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY. A NEW DOCK, QUEEN'S BASIN, OPENED IN 1778, AND TWO NEW DOCKS WERE BUILT AFTER 1800. PROSPEROUS MERCHANTS IN HULL PROVIDED A READY MARKET FOR THE WORK OF ARTIST'S LIKE THOMAS BINKS, WHO WAS PROBABLY ALSO ACTIVE AS A DECORATIVE PAINTER.
THOMAS BINKS WAS A PUPIL OF THOMAS MEGGITT OF HULL. HE PAINTED WHALING SCENES (WHALING FORMED AN IMPORTANT PART OF HULL'S PROPSERITY), PADDLE STEAMERS IN THE HULL ROADS, AND SAILING SHIPS. BINK'S SON, THOMAS A. BINKS (FL.1840'S) IS DESCRIBED AS A 'SIGN AND SHIP'S PAINTER' IN THE DIRECTORIES FROM 1842-1848.
THE WORK OF THOMAS BINKS IS REPRESENTED IN THE FERENS ART GALLERY, HULL AND THE NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM, GREENWICH.