|
|
|
Ship Portrait of the German
four-masted Bark *Wandsbek* in the Atlantic Sea ca. 1900 - the
Windjammer is shown under reduced sails on the high Sea - signed
lower left "T.G. Purvis, London" and inscribed in the
center water section "Wandsbek" - Oil on canvas 40 by
60 cm (15 3/4 by 23 5/8 inch), with the frame 50 x 70 cm (19 3/4
by 27 1/2 inch) - period bird`s eye maple frame - good condition,
usual age crackle, one repair at back, not relined - Private Collection
New Jersey, USA
Note: A typical work by the artist
with convincing dark-light contrasts and a liveful atmosphere. The
*Wandsbek* (built 1892 in Liverpool) was one the fascinating Windjammers
around the turn of the Century and in service for Philadelphia,
Southern America, India and the South Sea.
|
|
|
Purvis,
T. G.
(British, fl. 1890-1910)
|
Photo Copyright is with the FineArtEmporium.
|
History of the vessel: The *Wandsbek* was built in 1892 in Greenock
(Scotland) for G.T. Soley + Co. in Liverpool and its first name was *Ancyra*.
For Soley it sailed mainly to India and the commanders were J. Ellis, J.N. Frost,
Robinson and J.B. Stuart. In 1900 the Windjammer was sold to Knoehr + Burchard
in Hamburg and the Bark was named *Wandsbek*. Under the command of J.B. Tadsen,
H. Koenke, and W. Burmeister the *Wandsbek* sailed to Philadelphia, Hiogo, Santa
Rosalia, Pisagua, Portland and Mejillones. At the outbreak of WWI in 1914 the
vessel was interned at Santa Rosalia and was later sold to new owners in San
Fransciso, California. The Bark was finally destroyed by a storm in 1931. The
dimensions of the vessel were 279 x 42 x 24 feet.
Presented
by the FineArtEmporium in Hamburg.
More images of the picture, here is a details view of the center of the painting:
and an enlarged view of the bow, the signature and the period maple frame:
And finally a photo of the back:
