John Warkup Swift (1815-1869)
Running for port
Medium: Oil on canvas
Size without frame: 19.0" x 28.0"
Size including frame: 27.0" x 36.0"
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They were brave back then, with just sail and oar, but with its nets hurriedly pulled in, a fishing lugger races for harbour ahead of the ominous dark cloud and rain of an approaching storm. Lovely quality as always from Swift – weak sun-rays behind cloud and sheets of rain on the horizon and the luggers crew red-coated. Unknown location but highly likely it’s the Yorkshire coast (Scarborough or Flamborough) a favourite for John Warkup Swift. Signed and indistinctly dated lower right.
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