Bronze Age Gold from Wales

S.S. LOTTINGE (painting)

Portrait of ship in rough sea. Signed bottom right. Undated. Framed.

The S.S. LOTTINGE was built by Forth Ship building & Engineering Co. Ltd., Alloa for Constants (South Wales) Ltd. in 1918. The vessel was registered in Cardiff.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

87.57I/2

Historical Associations

Associated Person/Body: Constants (South Wales) Limited
Association Type: Ship owner
Date: 1918

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: 1986 (circa)

Acquisition

purchase, 9/4/1987

Measurements

frame (mm): 604
frame (mm): 648
frame (mm): 775
frame (mm): 1023

Techniques

Oil on canvas
Painting and drawing

Material

Canvas
Wood

Location

audited
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