Lot 184

JAMES HARRIS OF SWANSEA (BRITISH 1810-1887)
PICKING UP THE PILOT OFF WORMS HEAD





Auction: Day One: 18 May 2022 | From 11:00
£6,875
Description
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
51cm x 76cm (20in x 30in)
Provenance
Literature: R. G. Howell, Under Sail: Swansea Cutters, Tallships and Seascapes 1830-1880 (Swansea, SMS, 1987), p.19, in which the author identifies the Swansea pilot cutters in service 1840-1860. The cutter in the painting is numbered S2 and is identified as the 'Tom Rosser'.




