File:Seascape from the 'Birkdale' RMG BHC0079.jpg
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| Author |
John Everett |
| Description |
English: Seascape from the 'Birkdale' A rapid sketch from the deck of the 'Birkdale', showing a dramatic cloud effect on the horizon. Everett has used form and colour to create the sensation of hovering storm clouds. The sky is shown as light yellow to contrast with the deep blue bank of clouds towering on either side of the painting. The flat calm sea is indicated by a thin wash of blue. Everett joined the barque, 'Birkdale', and sailed from Bristol to Sabine Pass, Texas, April to June 1920. It was his first journey after World War I. The 'Birkdale' was due to take sulphur from Texas to the Cape, but when she arrived in Texas the ship was re-chartered to Australia and so Everett reluctantly left her and came home by steamer. The 'Birkdale', built in 1892, was the last barque to fly the red ensign and spent nearly all her working life in the Chilean nitrate trade. For a short time after World War I she switched to taking sulphur from Texas to the Cape. The 'Birkdale' went back to the nitrate trade and was wrecked on the Chilean coast after catching fire in 1927. The painting is inscribed 'Birk' verso. |
| Date | 1920 |
| Dimensions | Painting: 252 x 355 mm |
| Notes | Acq. No. 2050 crossed out, 1251 written below. |
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/11582 |
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
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| Identifier | dossier number: item; record photograph id number: BHC0079 |
| Collection | Oil paintings |
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