Black Adder
60.96 cms x 91.44 cms (24 ins x 36 ins)
Signed lower right
Lot offered for sale by A.H.Wilkens, Toronto at the auction event "AUGUST 23rd SESSION I: FINE & DECORATIVE ARTS AUCTION" held on Tue, Aug 23, 2022.
Lot 1154
Lot 1154
Estimate: CAD $2,000 - $3,000
Realised: CAD $3,840
Realised: CAD $3,840
Lot description - from the online catalogue*
HENRY SCOTT (British, 1911-2005)
Black Adder
[Nameplate inscription: "Blackadder" launched in Britain 1870 for the tea and Australian wool trade. Foundered off Bahia April 9, 1905.]
Oil on canvas
Signed lower right
Size: 24 x 36 in.
MacConnal-Mason & Son, Ltd., London, label verso; Manuge Galleries Limited, Halifax, Nova Scotia, stock no. 3927/R, label to frame verso
Hand written note affixed verso: China clipper "Black Adder" built by John Willis in 1870. After a very stormy career of accidents, dismastings, etc. and being stuck on an uncharted reef from which she was freed by a squall, "Black adder" was lot off Bahia on April 9th 1905"
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
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