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C1872
Launching the Life Boat.
Artist:
Detailed engraving of one of the life boats made at Cullercoats. Cullercoats is a village and urban area of North East England. In 1848, a coble taking a pilot to a ship further out at sea capsized with the loss … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Launching the Life Boat.
Date:
C1872
Artist:
Condition:
In good condition, with centre fold as issued.
Technique:
Engraving with one tint.
Image Size:
500mm
x 320mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1872
Description:
Detailed engraving of one of the life boats made at Cullercoats.
Cullercoats is a village and urban area of North East England. In 1848, a coble taking a pilot to a ship further out at sea capsized with the loss of all on board. In response to this disaster the local landowner, the Duke of Northumberland funded the setting up of an RNLI lifeboat station. The following year a second disaster, this time costing 20 lifeboat crew their lives, prompted the Duke to sponsor a competition to design a self-righting lifeboat. The resulting boat, the Percy was built at the Duke’s expense and delivered to Cullercoats in 1852
John Dawson Watson (1832 - 1892)
Watson was a painter, watercolourist and illustrator. He studied at the Manchester School of Design and at the Royal Academy Schools. He exhibited at the Royal Academy 1853 to 1890, the British Institution, the Society of British Artists Suffolk Street, the Old Watercolour Society, the Grosvenor Gallery and elsewhere. Painted genre scenes, often of children. His pictures are usually small, painted on panel or board, and show a Pre-Raphaelite feeling for colour and detail. He was also a prolific and notable illustrator, producing many designs for books and periodicals.
