mv English Prince at Sea, gouache, titled, signed H Crane London 1954.

mv English Prince at Sea, gouache, titled, signed H Crane London 1954.
mv English Prince at Sea, gouache, titled, signed H Crane London 1954.
mv English Prince at Sea, gouache, titled, signed H Crane London 1954.

mv English Prince at Sea, gouache, titled, signed H Crane London 1954.
Gouache on paper, titled, signed and dated. Dimensions : Frame : 396mm x 496mm x 21mm. Image : 242mm x 343mm. Weight : 1.720kg net. Condition : Good.
£170.00

mv English Prince at sea, gouache on paper, titled, signed and dated 1954. Framed. Ship Portrait.

20thC British Pierhead Painter School.

Dimensions : Frame : 396mm x 496mm x 21mm. Image : 242mm x 343mm. Weight : 1.720kg net.

Condition/Notes : Good. The gouache on paper study of mv English Prince at sea is in good condition with good colour and no damage; there is a light 20mm x 20mm water-stain at the top centre edge of the painting adjacent to the mount.

The study is typical of this well-known maritime artist and is titled English Prince in white paint in the lower rh corner and signed H Crane London 1954 in the lower lh corner.

mv English Prince, owned by Prince LIne Ltd., was built in 1943 by W. Doxford & Sons Ltd. Sunderland and chartered to Shaw Savil & Albion Line between 1953 and 1957. In 1961 she was sold to Liberia and renamed Simos. On 22.8.72 she ran aground off Cape St. Vincent and was eventually broken up in Bilbao 31.8.73.

The painting is displayed within a mushroom coloured double mount board which is also in good condition. The new contemporary wooden frame with gilt inner edge is in very good condition; cardboard backing board secured by modern points. Hanging cord attached. No visible script.

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