38x24¾ inches, 96½x63 cm. Condition B+: repaired tears at edges, some slightly into image; minor creases and abrasions in margins and image. Framed.
The Khedivial Mail Steamship & Graving Dock Co., was formed in 1898, bringing together disparate ships and ports run by the Egyptian government. It operated passenger and cargo service between Alexandria, Constantinople and Syrian ports and between Suez and Red Sea ports. Here, the Mosque of St. Sophia-Constantinople and the Ras el-Tin Palace, Alexandria are both depicted in insets. The single stack Famaka, pictured at top, was built in 1922 and served the company until 1927 when it was chartered to another company and renamed.
A well-regarded painter of maritime scenes, Dixon primarily worked in watercolors, but also painted in oil. "Dixon exhibited extensively at the Royal Academy, with 52 works recorded from 1880-1920, as well as exhibits at the New Watercolour Society. In 1900 he was elected a member of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours" (www.artnet.com).
