Lot #225 - William Edgar
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Auction House:Mossgreen
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Sale Name:The Maritime Colleciton of Desmond Adcock
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Sale Date:22 Oct 2013 ~ 2.30pm
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Lot #:225
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Lot Description:William Edgar
(Working 1900Sð1920S)
Andorinha
oil on canvas
55 x 75cm
signed lower left and inscribed ôtemple west newcastle nsw' -
Provenance:Christie's London, Maritime Art, 27 May 2010, Lot 47 (Catalogue Available)
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Notes:The Four-Masted Steel Barque Andorinha Was Built For Roberts Brothers Of Liverpool By William Pickersgill & Sons At Sunderland In 1892. Registered At 3,440 Tons Gross (3,264 Net), She Measured 347 Feet In Length With A 46 Foot Beam. Her Excellent Speed Meant That She Made The Classic Run From Cape Town To Newcastle (New South Wales) In 24 Days In 1900 And She Turned In Many Excellent Voyages For Her Original Owners Before They Sold Her To S Goldberg & Sons Of Swansea In 1903. Sold Again In 1909, This Time To A.D. Bordes Et Fils Of Bordeaux For Their Notable Fleet, Her New Owners Renamed Her. Miraculously Surviving The Great War, She Was Outward Bound From Baltimore To Nantes With A Cargo Of Steel On The Night Of 22Nd February 1919 When She Collided With The Norwegian Steamer Gansfiord Off The Virginia Coast, And Sank With The Loss Of 17 Lives.
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Estimate:A$2,500 - 3,500
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Realised Price:
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Category:Art
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