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S.S. GLANHAFREN (painting)
View of vessel in rough sea. Name of ship painted bottom centre. Unsigned and undated. Stuck onto modern card mount.
This vessel was completed at South Shields in 1888 as HARPERLY for London owners. In 1890 she was bought by John Mathias & Sons of Aberystwyth, who operated her in the tramping trades out of Cardiff. She was wrecked off Cape Rizzuto,Italy on 14 Feb. 1905 whilst bound from Penarth to Venice with a cargo of coal.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
86.36I
Historical Associations
Associated Person/Body: John Mathias & Sons
Association Type: shipping company
Date: 19th century, late
Creation/Production
unknown
Acquisition
Purchase, 27/2/1986
Measurements
Length
(mm): 430
Width
(mm): 618
Techniques
watercolour on paper
painting and drawing
Material
paper
Location
In store
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