Modern British & Irish Art Day Auction

Modern British & Irish Art Day Auction

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Maritime Paintings from the Collection of Denis Wilson, Cork

George Atkinson

Two Naval Ships at Anchor in Plymouth Harbour

Estimate

7,000 - 10,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Maritime Paintings from the Collection of Denis Wilson, Cork

George Mounsey Wheatly Atkinson

1806-1884

Two Naval Ships at Anchor in Plymouth Harbour


signed George M W Atkinson and indistinctly dated (lower right)

oil on canvas

unframed: 60 by 89.5cm.; 24 by 35¼in.

framed: 75 by 103cm.; 29½ by 40½in.

Executed circa 1842.

Denis Wilson, Cork, and thence by descent to the present owners

Peter Murray, Maritime Paintings of Cork, Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork, 2005, p.86, illustrated p. 87

Cork, Port of Cork Headquarters, Custom House, Maritime Paintings of Cork 1700-2000, May - July 2005