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Description: | inscription, handwritten, John Chambers
Watercolour of the Wellesley training ship, full masts and rigging, at anchor in North Shields harbour. Signed “John Chambers” in the bottom left (an artist; 1852-1928). The watercolour is on canvas, under glass, window-mounted in green card and framed in wood.
Wellesley Nautical School was founded in 1868 to help destitute boys by training them up for a career at sea.
Part: medium, Material: watercolour
Part: support, Material: canvas
Part: frame, Material: wood
Part: frame, Material: glass
Part: windowmount, Material: card
Framed and glazed watercolour. The strong yellow cast is from the fluorescent lights in the Social history 2 store | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.watercolours/drawings.513 | Go to resource |
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