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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  The Maritime Colleciton of Desmond Adcock
• Sale Date:
  22 Oct 2013 ~ 2.30pm
• Lot #:
  296
• Lot Description:
  John Charles Allcot
  (British, 1888-1973)
  The South-Steyne
  gouache
  18 x 34cm
  signed and dated 1938 lower right
• Provenance:
  Shapes Auctioneers, Edinburgh, Auction 125 On 02/06/07 Lot 327
• Notes:
  Built In Leith, Scotland For The Port Jackson And Manly Steamship Company, The South-Steyne Was Launched On April 1St, 1938 And On July 7Th 1938, It Steamed The 22,000Km To Australia Arriving On September 19th The Same Year. Now It Is An Icon Of Sydney's Darling Harbour Where It Is Used As A Floating Restaurant. The Artist John Charles Allcot, Was Born In 1888 In Liverpool, Lancashire, England. Son Of A Mariner, At The Age Of 14 Was Apprentice To Tillotson & Son Ltd, Lithographers, And Attended Classes At The Liverpool Institute And School Of Art. In 1906 He Worked In The Mersey Tugboats And Next Year Sailed As A Deck-Boy In The Barque, Invermark. In 1909, He Arrived In Sydney In The Miltiades, And Worked In Coastal, Island And Inter-Colonial Vessels Out Of Sydney Before Giving Up The Sea In 1912. Supporting Himself By Painting Theatre Sets, He Obtained Commissions For Ship Paintings From Sydney Photographers And Toured The Countryside, Completing Landscapes Which He Exhibited Regularly With The Royal Art Society Of New South Wales From 1920. Allcot Also Worked As An Illustrator And Wrote Articles About The Sea For The Sydney Mail. In The 1940S He Painted The Seas For Ship-Models Built By The Sculptor Robert Klippel. While Best Known For His Ships, He Continued To Enjoy Painting Landscapes. His Studio Became A Meeting-Place For Those Interested In Ships, Paintings And Models.
• Estimate:
  A$2,000 - 3,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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