Modern British & 20th Century Art - 13 Dec 2016
‡James Joseph Brereton (b.1954) The Clipper Grace Ross Signed
‡James Joseph Brereton (b.1954)
The Clipper Grace Ross
Signed, also signed and titled verso
Oil on canvas
51 x 76cm
Provenance:
E. Stacy Marks, 5.5.84, No. B1484
Literature:
W. A. Fairburn, Merchant Sail, Vol. 5, pp. 3471, 3480, 388
This is likely to be the Grace Ross mentioned in the above volume, built 1859, Belfast, Maine, USA, 1073t, 179 x 36ft beam and 18ft depth, ship rigged, master John G. Pendleton