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S.S. BALA (painting)

Person/Body (Historic): Adam, Marie-Edouard (dates - (1880 - 1940))

Port view of the S.S. BALA in rough seas. Signed and dated bottom right. Framed.

The original ship S.S. BALA was completed by the order of Evan Thomas, Radcliffe and Co., Cardiff by William Gray and Co. of West Hartlepool in 1884. She was sold in 1903 to the Glanhowny Steamship Co. of Cardiff and re-named S.S. GLANHOWNY after the home of one of her new owners, Captain Thomas Owen of Aberporth, Dyfed. She was lost in a collision with a German steamer at Antwerp in May 1907.

Collection Area

Industry

Item Number

62.229/3

Creation/Production

Adam, Marie-Edouard
Role: artist
Date: 1885

Acquisition

Donation, 4/7/1962

Measurements

length (mm):700
width (mm):991

Techniques

oil on canvas
painting and drawing

Material

canvas

Location

In store

Categories

steam (maritime) maritime South Glamorgan Bala (S.S.) 1880s

Classification

water transportation transportation steam powered (water)
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