Launching the Lifeboat
Luke Clennell
- Art Funded
- 2006
- Dimensions
- 43.8 x 70.5 cm
- Vendor
- W/S Fine Art Ltd
This dramatic scene shows the historically important 'Original' lifeboat - the first purpose-built lifeboat anywhere, which was based at South Shields.
The boat is manned by South Shields' Tyne pilots who wear distinctive headgear. A large, rare watercolour by Luke Clennell, a significant North-East artist whose career was cut short by illness.
Provenance
John Zwemmer; Agnew's, 1981; The Prudential Assurance Company, until 2005; Christie's, 2005; W/S Fine Art.