Bronze Age Gold from Wales

M.V. CARDIFF CITY (painting)

Starboard view of the M.V. CARDIFF CITY at sea. Signed bottom right. Undated. Framed.

M.V. CARDIFF CITY (14,630gt). Built in 1962 by William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland for Reardon Smith Line Ltd, Cardiff. She traded all around the world carrying mixed cargoes.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

87.57I/3

Creation/Production

Born in 1922, Newport. Served in the Royal Navy on the Atlantic & Arctic convoys during the Second World War. After war became a painter and decorator. Gave that up in the mid 1970s due to illness and became an artist. At first painting ships he was familiar with, especially Newport ships, and later moving onto sailing vessels.
Role: Artist
Period: 1980

Acquisition

purchase, 9/4/1987

Measurements

frame (mm): 610
frame (mm): 902
frame (mm): 686
frame (mm): 991

Techniques

Oil on canvas
Painting and drawing

Material

Canvas
Wood

Location

audited
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