1873283

SAMUEL WALTERS British Ship Painting #1873283

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SAMUEL WALTERS British Ship Painting #1873283
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This oil on canvas depicts the English brigantine ship Lady Combermere, and was painted by Samuel Walters (1811-1882), the leading Liverpool marine painter of the nineteenth century. This excellent and early work by Walters is signed "S WALTERS" and dated "1834" in the lower right corner. Canvas has been relined and measures 22.25" by 32.75". Frame measures 37.25" by 27.25 by 2". Provenance: Richard Green Gallery (147 New Bond Street, London, England, ); collection of Roni Steinberg Sokoloff (New York, NY). Original gallery label remains on the rear of the stretcher. This work was appraised by Sotheby's in 1998 for $35,000.



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Samuel Walters was the son of Miles Walters (1773-1855), a master tradesman and marine artist who came from Ilfracombe in North Devon. As a young man Samuel apprenticed in his father's gilding and framing business. Miles and Samuel moved to Liverpool around 1826, and in 1827 they collaborated on their first marine painting, one of approximately forty paintings they worked on together over the next six years until Miles retired as a painter in the mid 1830s. Samuel studied at the Liverpool Mechanics School of Arts and in 1831 he joined the Royal Institution, containing the Liverpool Academy Schools. The previous year he had exhibited his first work at the Academy, entitled ?Dutch Boats in a Fresh Breeze?. This was to be the first of ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Very Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1834</td></tr>






<tr><td>Title:SAMUEL WALTERS British Ship Painting</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:New York, NY</td></tr>
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