- Title:
- Painting, SS Great Britain, beached ashore, Dundrum Bay Ireland, at high water and in a gale
- Object name(s):
- oil painting; steamship; oil painting; steamship
- Brief description:
- Painting. [SS Great Britain] / J. Walter, c1847. Oil on canvas; 62x92cm in frame, 88x113x6.5cm. Signed bl. Portrait of the 3500-tons, iron screw steam ship Great Britain (1843), when beached ashore, Dundrum Bay Ireland, depicted at high water and in a gale, in December 1846. She ran ashore in September 1846, and remained in this position for 11 months, exposed to the full force of gales from the west and south-west and nearly submerged at every high tide. [She was refloated in August by Captain Claxton RN using a breakwater of faggots, stones and birch trees, designed by IK Brunel; see also, pendant painting 1865-36/2]
- Collection:
- Science Museum Group
- Associated concept:
- oil painting
- Associated concept:
- watercraft
- Associated place:
- Dundrum Bay
- Place association:
- depicted
- Credit line:
- On loan from Capt. Christopher Claxton, RN
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 3 1/8
- Dimension:
- depth
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 80
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 35 1/16
- Dimension:
- height
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 890
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- in
- Dimension value:
- 45 1/4
- Dimension:
- width
- Dimension measurement unit:
- mm
- Dimension value:
- 1150
- Material:
- oil paint
- Material:
- canvas (textile)
- Object name:
- oil painting; steamship; oil painting; steamship
- Object production date:
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1842
- Date - latest:
- 1852
- Object production date:
- Date - association:
- made
- Date - earliest / single:
- 1842
- Date - latest:
- 1852
- Object production person:
- Walter, Joseph
- Object production place:
- United Kingdom
- Other number:
- 1865-36/1
- Other number type:
- accession number
- Other number:
- N1074
- Responsible department/section:
- SCM - Art
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/1ebfc462-e683-3ecd-803c-957eeedfdfc4
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/1ebfc462-e683-3ecd-803c-957eeedfdfc4, Science Museum Group, CC BY
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