Nov 19, 2015 - Sale 2399

Sale 2399 - Lot 157

Price Realized: $ 1,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
NORMAN WILKINSON (1882-1971) HEYSHAM / LMS. Circa 1930.
39 1/2x49 1/2 inches, 100 1/4x125 3/4 cm. John Waddington Ltd., Leeds.
Condition B+: repaired tears and overpainting at edges, some affecting image; creases in margins and image and along horizontal fold in text; small loss in upper left corner; water staining in lower left corner. Paper. Framed.
The T.S.S. [Turbine Steam Ship] Argyle was launched along with her sister ships Duke of Lancaster and Duke of Rothesay in 1928. "Besides the seaside attractions [of Lancashire], there is a working side. The harbour town of Heysham, just to the south, sees regular ferry services to Ireland and the Isle of Man" (Furness vol. 6, p. 65).