Tag: Montague Dawson
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24 Classic Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #20
A clipper was a very fast sailing ship of the middle third of the 19th century, generally either a schooner or a brigantine. The original Baltimore clippers were schooners. They had multiple types of sail plans but the most common was three masts and a square rig. They were generally narrow for their length, small…
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Montague Dawson, The Q. 9. Mary B. Mitchell 01 Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #170
The Mary B Mitchell was a British and later an Irish schooner, affectionately known as Mary B.. She was a pleasure craft, a war hero, a working schooner, a film star and a transporter of essential cargoes in dangerous waters. Built in 1892 she carried slate from Wales. In 1912 she was acquired by Lord Penrhyn…
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Montague Dawson, GLEAMING FOAM, CHARIOT OF FAME 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #51a
Chariot of Fame, a handsome clipper of 1639 tons built in America and flying the flag of the famous White Star Company. She had excellent accommodation for passengers, and before she was chartered by the Government to bring troops out to New Zealand to quell the Maori disturbances she had been in the Australian trade. She…
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Montague Dawson, CHARIOT OF FAME 06 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #51a
Montague Dawson, RMSA, FRSA (1890–1973) GLEAMING FOAM, CHARIOT OF FAME oil on canvas 61 by 91.5cm., 24 by 36in Private collection Chariot of Fame, a handsome clipper of 1639 tons built in America and flying the flag of the famous White Star Company. She had excellent accommodation for passengers, and before she was chartered by the…
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Montague Dawson, RACING HOME 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #141
Montague Dawson R.S.M.A., F.R.S.A., 1895-1973, BRITISH RACING HOME, THE CHINA CLIPPERS CHRYSOLITE AND STORNOWAY ALMOST NECK-AND-NECK, “The RIVALS”/ The race of the Chrysolite Oil on canvas 28 by 42 in., 71.1 by 106.8 cm Private collection While the majority of Montague Dawson’s works take place on the high seas, Racing Home is a rare composition…
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Montague Dawson, British Submarine H.M.S. SEALION 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #40c
Montague Dawson, British (1895-1973) British Submarine H.M.S. SEALION Rescues a P-51 Mustang Pilot , 1944 Oil on masonite 14 1/2 x 21 3/4 inches Private collection Royal Navy S-class submarine, H.M.S. SEALION (72S), braves artillery fire to surface and rescue the pilot of a downed R.A.F. P-51 Mustang fighter. H.M.S. SEALION was launched on 16th March 1934, though…
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Montague Dawson, Night Suspect Pursuit 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #121
Montague Dawson, British, 1895-1973 Night Suspect (A British Coast Guard Cutter in Pursuit) Oil on canvas 25 x 36 inches (61 x 91.5 cm) Private collection The painting depicts the dramatic chase on a moonlit night by the British Coast Guard, firing a canon at suspected smugglers in the English Channel. More on this painting Montague…
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Montague Dawson, The moonlit way – The Invercargill 01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #114
Montague Dawson, (British, 1895-1973) The moonlit way – The Invercargill, c. 1938 Oil on canvas 28 x 42 inches (71.1 x 106.7 cm) Private collection THE INVERCARGILL. During the year 1874 Robert Duncan built six ships—the Invercargill, Auckland, Wellington, Canterbury, Nelson, and Dunedin—to the order of Patrick Henderson, for the New Zealand trade. They were all…
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Montague Dawson, British, 1895-1973 Night Suspect (A British Coast Guard Cutter in Pursuit) 01 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #125
Montague Dawson, British, 1895-1973 Night Suspect (A British Coast Guard Cutter in Pursuit) Signed Montague Dawson(ll) Oil on canvas 25 x 36 inches (61 x 91.5 cm) Private collection The painting depicts the dramatic chase on a moonlit night by the British Coast Guard, firing a canon at suspected smugglers in the English Channel. More on this…
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06 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #61
Montague Dawson, 1890–1973 UP SHE RISES – THE SHIP NORTH AMERICA Oil on canvas 28 1/4 x 42 in Private collection Montague Dawson RMSA, FRSA (1890–1973) was a British painter who was renowned as a maritime artist. His most famous paintings depict sailing ships, usually clippers or warships of the 18th and 19th centuries. Montague was the…
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04 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #60
Charles Edward Dixon, 1872 – 1934 OFF NEW BRIGHTON , 1899 Watercolour 37 x 55.5cm Private collection New Brighton is a seaside resort forming part of the town of Wallasey within the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral in Merseyside. Up to the 19th century, the area had a reputation for smuggling and wrecking, and secret underground cellars and…
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09 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #49
Montague Dawson RMSA, FRSA (1890–1973) THE LOFTY CLIPPER, CLAN MACFARLANE oil on canvas 36 by 24 3/8 in. 91.4 by 61.9 cm Private collection The Clan MacFarlane was built by Russel & Co., for Thomas Dunlop & Sons and launched in 1881 from Greenock, Scotland. The three-masted full-rigged iron ship was sunk with her crew by…
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11 CLASSIC WORKS OF ART, MARINE PAINTINGS – WITH FOOTNOTES, #32
Frederick Judd Waugh, American, 1861–1940 Mid Ocean Oil on canvas 40 × 50 1/4 in. (101.6 × 127.6 cm) The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Frederick Judd Waugh (September 13, 1861 in Bordentown, New Jersey – September 10, 1940) was an American artist, primarily known as a marine artist. During World War I, he designed ship…
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14 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #23
Frederick Tudgay, John Tudgay Battle of Heligoland, c. 1864 Oil on canvas 35-1/2 x 58-3/4 in. (90.1 x 149.2 cm.) Private Collection The Battle of Heligoland (or Helgoland) was fought on 9 May 1864, during the Second War of Schleswig between the navy of Denmark and the navy of Austria. The latter’s ally, Prussia, sent…
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