20 Mar 2013
14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street
The South African Sale, including "A focus on William Kentridge"
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The South African Sale, including "A focus on William Kentridge"
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Samuel Walters (British, 1811-1882)
The barque Susan Pardew beating into Table Bay in a south-easterly gale
oil on canvas
49 x 74cm (19 5/16 x 29 1/8in).
oil on canvas
49 x 74cm (19 5/16 x 29 1/8in).
Estimate:
£10,000 - 15,000
ZAR 140,000 - 220,000
US$ 15,000 - 23,000
ZAR 140,000 - 220,000
US$ 15,000 - 23,000
Footnotes
- The three-masted cargo barque Susan Pardew was built under Lloyd's 'special survey' in Hardie's Yard, Sunderland, and launched in 1863. Owned by Ellis & Co., she was registered at 378 tons and was 127 feet in length with a 27 foot beam. Trading regularly to Algoa Bay (Port Elizabeth) and Cape Town out of various British ports, her career was a relatively short one and she was wrecked in Mossel Bay, near the estuary of the Great Brak River, on 28th April 1872; fortunately no lives were lost and all aboard her got safely ashore.
This portrait of her was probably commissioned to commemorate an incident during her maiden voyage.
Category: Fine Art / South African Art
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