Joseph Heard (Circle), The Brigantine Shamrock On Choppy Waters

Joseph Heard (Circle), The Brigantine Shamrock On Choppy WatersThis charming mid 19th century British oil painting depicts the brigantine Shamrock fully rigged with sails billowing while navigating choppy waters. Produced around 1850, stylistically it resembles the oeuvre of maritime painter, Joseph Heard (1799 1859). Born near Whitehaven in Cumbria, Heards formative years were spent close to home before moving to the thriving port city of Liverpool in 1834. After London, Liverpool was the second largest port of

Medium: Oil on tinOverall size: 16½” x 29” / 42cm x 50cmYear of creation: c

282 achieved for porcelain in 2022

Medium: Etching on paperOverall size: Ranging from 13” x 15½” / 33cm x 39cm to 22” x 19½” / 57cm x 50cmYear of creation: c

Creswick was well-loved by the Victorian middle classes who scattered their walls with picturesque etchings

The group believed in painting exactly what they saw without any sentiment or romantic embellishments

who all became accomplished painters in their own right

1910Condition: Overall very presentable

Note also the sparkling white on the mill’s roof tiles

as if produced on the spot under the ambient passing clouds

painting and interior design

1890Provenance: FranceCondition: Overall very presentable

He was primarily known as one of Sweden’s most foremost silhouette portraitists