Maritime England Clipper Ships (Signed) (Original)
Medium: Gouache on Board
Size: 22" x 15" (570mm x 385mm)
Date: 1982
Signature: Signed by artist bottom right
Code: SmithJSIndiaman
This is the Signed unique original Gouache painting by John S Smith.
Home In Time for Tea. The development of Clipper ships ensured speedy transportation of goods such as tea from China and the East Indies to the docks in England. In the main picture the clipper is being attacked by a pirate ship.
The other details show the routes the clippers sailed and highlight the clean design shape as opposed to earlier vessels that allowed them to travel at speed.
From Look and Learn no. 1042 (27 February 1982).
- Artist BiographyJohn 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.