Bronze Age Gold from Wales

ELLEN JAMES, painting

Roberto, Luigi (The artist was an Italian ship portraitist (Neapolitan School) active between c.1874 to 1891.)

The three-masted topsail schooner ELLEN JAMES in stormy waters. Signed bottom left. Undated.

The wooden three-masted topsail schooner ELLEN JAMES was built by D. Williams at Portmadoc in 1904. Owned by J. Jones & Co. and skippered by Captain J. Jones himself, she was registered in Caernarfon at 165 tons gross (137 net) and measured 101 feet in length with a 23 foot beam. She spent her career in the salt fish trade having replaced her predecessor of the same name which had been wrecked in December 1902. Sister ship to the MA JAMES.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

2009.88/2

Creation/Production

Roberto, Luigi
Date: 1904 (circa)

Acquisition

Purchase, 17/9/2009

Measurements

Length (mm): 432
Width (mm): 634

Techniques

gouache on paper
painting and drawing

Material

paper

Location

In store
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