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Important Irish Art 2nd December 2015
The Paddle-steamer ‘Prince’ Proceeding up the River Lee to Cork, by a pilot boat, the passengers and crew on deck, a rowing boat in the foreground
Oil on panel, 43 x 61cm (17 x 24”)
Signed and dated 1842
Atkinson, the pre-eminent recorder of Cork shipping diligently painted the newly introduced steam packet boats powered by paddle-wheels.
The Crawford Gallery has a view of (possibly) the same boat entering the Port of Cork, with its sister ship tied-up to the quay side (1842).
€ 6,000 - 8,000