Samuel Walters (1811-1882)

Samuel Walters (1811-1882)

The Sandbach picking up the Liverpool pilot off the Great Orme

Oil on canvas

81.4 x 122cm; 32 x 48in

Literature:

Arthur Samuel Davidson, Samuel Walters, Marine Artist: Fifty Years of Sea, Sail & Steam (Coventry, Jones-Sands Publishing, 1992), p.154 (illustrated)

The Sandbach was constructed in 1825 for Sandbach, Tinne and Co. It was one of the great vessels of Liverpool, and appeared on British Guiana stamps in the 19th century.