The Cutty Sark and the Tea Clippers (Signed) (Original)

Artist: John S Smith
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 23" x 15" (580mm x 380mm)
Date: 1982
Signature: Signed by artist bottom right
Code: SmithJSCargoLL

This is the Signed unique original Gouache painting by John S Smith.

It's Maritime England 1982: The Eye-Opener From The Ocean. It was a race against time to load clippers with the new season's tea harvest, plus (inset top) furling sails, and poop decks of various ships (inset left) and cross-section of the Cutty Sark's hull (inset right).

This is the original artwork from Look and Learn no. 1043 (6 March 1982).

• Artist Biography
  John Stephen Smith (1921 - 2010; UK)
  John started drawing from an early age and he went to art school just prior to World War II when he was called up and joined the Royal Navy. He served on the Cruiser HMS Niagara on the Malta and Russian convoys. After the war he continued his art studies and career.
  
  His work has been commissioned by most shipping companies and railway companies and his art has been used by many leading publishers in the UK and USA.