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The Cargo Steamer REBECCA (painting)
Yorke, William Howard (William Howard Yorke was the son and student of William G. Yorke, who was also a noted ship portraitist. William Howard Yorke was born in St. John’s, New Brunswick in 1843, and immigrated to Liverpool.)
Port view of the REBECCA off rocky coastline. Signed and dated bottom left.
The REBECCA was built by Ross and Duncan, Glasgow, and completed in June 1895 by John Fullerton and Co., Paisley, for the Caernarvonshire and Merionethshire Steamship Co. Ltd. She was sold to Cullen, Allen and Co. Ltd. on 24 October 1916. Later renamed YORKGLEN she was broken up sometime after 1930.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
1999.33
Creation/Production
Yorke, William Howard
Date: 1895
Acquisition
Purchase, 14/1/1999
Measurements
frame
(mm): 571
frame
(mm): 827
frame
(mm): 510
frame
(mm): 765
Techniques
oil on canvas
painting and drawing
Material
canvas
wood
Location
In store
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