Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Port view of the two-masted topsail schooner EDITH ELEANOR at sea off the Neopolitan coast. Unsigned and undated.

The Edith Eleanor was the last wooden sailing vessel to be built at the port of Aberystwyth. Completed in 1881, by J. Worrall and Co., she was traded regularly to the Mediterranean. The National Library of Wales at Aberystwyth has an identical painting in its collections; proving that these ship portraits were 'mass produced' for sale to seamen.

Schooner EDITH ELEANOR (105gt). Completed in ten months in 1881 by J. Warrell & Co., Aberystwyth for D.C. Roberts & Co., Aberystwyth. She was sold in 1917 and re-registered at Wexford, Ireland. She was employed in home waters. Foundered about 80 miles north west of the Longships in July 1921.