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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Maritime Colleciton of Desmond Adcock
• Sale Date:
  22 Oct 2013 ~ 2.30pm
• Lot #:
  170
• Lot Description:
  Arthur Victor Gregory
  (1867-1957)
  Loch Garry Making Cape Horn
  watercolour and gouache
  44 x 64cm
  signed and dated 1935 lower right; titled lower left
• Notes:
  Marine Painter, Son Of George Frederick Gregory, He Took Over His Father's Gregory Studios In South Melbourne And Worked There As A Marine Painter From The Late Nineteenth Century. The Loch Line Of Glasgow, Scotland, Was A Group Of Colonial Clippers Managed By William Aitken And James Lilburn, Whose Sailing Ships Plied Between The United Kingdom And Australia From 1867 To 1911. Loch Garry Was A Three Masted Ship Built In 1875. She Was Considered By Experts To Be The Ôfinest Sailing Ship In The World' And Certainly Was An Example Of The Ôglasgow Type' At Its Best. She Had Two Serious Mishaps, The Worst In 1889, When She Was Dismasted And Nearly Lost Off The Cape Of Good Hope In A Furious Gale, Yet Still Made It To Mauritius 2,600 Miles Away. In 1911, The Ship Was Sold For Scrapping In Italy. Captain Horne, Who Commanded The Loch Garry For Nearly 26 Years, Described Her: "the Loch Garry Is A Front Rank Ship And Always Will Be So. She Is A Ship With No Vices And When Properly Loaded Is As Gentle As A Lamb. It Is Quite A Pleasure To Sail Such A Ship, Which Might Be Described As A 1500 Ton Yacht. She Is Not A Ship Of Excessive Speed But With A Moderately Fresh Breeze Will Maintain A Speed Of 10 Or 11 Knots Without Much Exertion.Ó
• Estimate:
  A$2,000 - 3,000
• Realised Price:
  *****
  

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• Category:
  Art

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