Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Sailship AFON CEFNI in heavy seas, painting

Starboard view of the formaster sailship AFON CEFNI in heavy seas. Faint signature and date bottom left. Framed.

The AFON CEFNI was a four masted steel barque built on the Clyde in 1891, the last vessel built for the Davies Brothers of Menai Bridge. She went missing in January 1894 having sailed from Swansea for San Francisco with coal and general cargo.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

2002.179

Creation/Production

Cromarty, Alex
Date: 05/1893

Acquisition

Purchase, 25/10/2002

Measurements

frame (mm): 615
frame (mm): 1020
frame (mm): 765
frame (mm): 1175

Techniques

oil on canvas
painting and drawing

Material

canvas
wood

Location

In store
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