Merchant Shipping by J.W. Carmichael. Limited edition print.
Marine Collectors prints. Color reproduction.. Initialed and numbered in pencil. 56 x 86.3cm. 22 x 34 inches. ..
J.W. Carmichael's natural affinity for the sea and his skill in depicting fine architectural detail combine perfectly in this marine view of multiple ships at sea.....John Wilson Carmichael was born at Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne, on 9 June 1799, the eldest of the three children of the shipwright, William Carmichael, and his wife, Mary (née Johnson), the daughter of a mariner. During his teens, he spent three years at sea, working on a ship that sailed between Spanish and Portuguese ports. He then followed his father’s trade, and was apprenticed to the ship builder, Richard Farrington & Brothers, of North Shore, Newcastle. The Farringtons were also cabinet makers, upholsterers, gilders and carvers, and were engaged in the cultural life of the town. As a result, they recognised and encouraged Carmichael’s artistic talent, Joseph Farrington buying him his first box of watercolours. In time, he also became a friend and pupil – however informally – of Thomas Miles Richardson Senior, the leading artist in Newcastle at the time. From the early 1820s, he collaborated closely with the architect and developer of Newcastle, John Dobson, working up his perspective drawings into arresting watercolours, complete with figures..........His work is represented in numerous public collections, including the National Maritime Museum (Greenwich) and the V&A; and Brighton and Hove Museums and Art Galleries, Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre, Hartlepool Museums and Heritage Service, Laing Art Gallery (Newcastle), Shipley Art Gallery (Gateshead), Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens and York Art Gallery. Item #16-6223
Price: $125.00