01 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings - With Footnotes, #111

Samuel Walters, LONDON 1811 - 1882 LIVERPOOL
THE BRITISH MERCHANTMAN CLIFFORD IN A STIFF BREEZE, PREPARING TO PICK UP HER PILOT OFF THE GREAT ORME, NORTH WALES, ON THE RETURN FROM HER MAIDEN VOYAGE TO INDIA, c. 1885
Oil on canvas
63.5 x 99.2 cm.; 25 x 39 in.
Private collection

The iron ship Clifford was built by the renowned Liverpool firm Thomas Royden & Sons in 1864. Walters portrays the vessel here flying the Royden house flag with the pilot jack at the foremast; the pilot cutter itself is pictured in the distance converging on the same tack. The mountains of North Wales may be seen above the Little Orme on the extreme left, while the Great Orme projects towards the ship's bowsprit and the coastal town of Llandudno lies in between. Astern of the ship is the north-west corner of the Anglesey coast. More on this painting

Samuel Walters (1811 - 1882) was an English maritime artist, considered to be the most enduring figures of the Liverpool School of Marine Art. He was born in London. Samuel moved to Liverpool and began to exhibit work in 1830. He became a member of the Liverpool Academy of Arts in 1841. He had work exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1842 to 1861 and also lived in London from 1845 to 1847, before returning to Liverpool to live in Bootle.


He specialised in oil paintings and watercolours on canvas. The Liverpool Museums Resource lists more than 10 of his paintings as being on permanent display in Liverpool, as well as a collaboration between Walters and his father. Some famous ships he painted include the CSS Florida and CSS Alabama. More Samuel Walters





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