Richard Ball Spencer, The Brig ‘Era’ Off Dover

Richard Ball Spencer, The Brig ‘Era’ Off DoverThis mid 19th century oil painting by British artist Richard Ball Spencer (1812 1897) depicts the brig Era before the iconic white cliffs of Dover. Spencer was a self taught marine painter hailing from the east end of London. Built in Rochester, Kent, the era was a two sail, square rigged brig which traversed the seas until being wrecked off the coast of Easington in Durham in 1857. Her demise was reported extensively in the press due to the gallantry

It was shown at the 64th Spring Exhibition of Modern British Painting and Sculpture at the City of Bradford Art Gallery in April 1957

Claude-Marie Reignier (1870-1954)

This early 19th-century lithograph by Swiss printmaker Karl Joseph Brodtmann (1787-1862) depicts four long-tailed monkeys handling fruit

Born in Birmingham

is coppered and copper fastened

otherwise overcast

It’s a theme that seems to resonate with numerous artists

A fabulous 1930s portrait of a lady wearing a pink blouse

Carlo Hornung-Jensen

Appearing somewhat in miniature

It’s a warm Summer’s afternoon and the garden is radiant with an abundance of flora

the layers reveal themselves