Henry Loos, Portrait Of A Three-Masted Full Rigged British Ship

Henry Loos, Portrait Of A Three-Masted Full Rigged British ShipThis late 19th century oil painting by Belgian artist Henry Loos (fl. 1870 1894) depicts a full rigged three masted British ship before a distant port. Given the thriving nature of maritime trade during the latter part of the 19th century, each major continental port developed a flourishing art industry. British sailors, for example, could bring back portraits of their ships from over a dozen destinations. Today, these fascinating mementos of

he’s captured the timeless theme of motherhood with gritty realism

in this buoyant work from 1906

On the left

It’s said that each generation passed their stories on to the next

This charming 19th-century oil painting by British artist Theodore Hines (b

unscrupulous activity aside

Labels & Inscriptions: Artist’s biography on the reverse

Otherwise very presentable

often with a shell lying before me to copy from

And the quiet

Following additional tuition at CF Andersen's sketching school

Artist’s auction maximum: £5