Old Masters, British & European Paintings - Day 2 - 2nd March 2022
Lot 421
Samuel Walters (1811-1882)
Estimate £8,000 - £12,000
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Description
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.