Bending a Top's'l

Bending a Top's'l
1898-1971, Swiss-American
Bending a Top's'l

Wood engraving, 6 x 8 inches, WPA stamp, pencil signed and titled

Painting

Whitby, Yorkshire

Whitby, Yorkshire
1803-1840, British
Whitby, Yorkshire

Oil on canvas, 12 1/2 x 15 5/8 inches, c. 1830, signed "Chambers- Whitby" on the back of the sinking ship. A dramatic scene of a shipwreck in the stormy seas. Chambers was a painter from Whitby, Yorkshire, who specialized in seascapes. He was the son of a fisherman, and as a young boy served as a cabin boy on a merchant ship. He later spent some time in London as a set painter for the Pavillion Theater. Chambers was best known for his paintings of ships and naval battles, many of which are in museums and galleries in Britain.

Print

The Vine Vase In Bronze

The Vine Vase In Bronze
19th C.
The Vine Vase In Bronze

etching, 1894, aft. Dore, 13 1/2x9, plate signed

Sculpture

Blue Vessel

Blue Vessel
1965-, American
Blue Vessel

Ceramic vessel with colored slips and printed slab, 13 1/2 inches high