Modern British & 20th Century Art - 13th December 2016

Lot 221

‡James Joseph Brereton (b.1954) The Clipper Grace Ross Signed

Estimate £500 - £700

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Description

‡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